 Ten thousand real Blackshirts appeared in the Coliseum scenes for the film.After her marriage to actor Basil Rathbone on April 18, 1926, Bergère gave up her film work to assist him in his work and in the management of his business affairs.Together they had one child, an adopted daughter named Cynthia Rathbone (1939–1969), and raised Ouida's niece, Ouida Branch, who married David Bruce Huxley, brother of Julian Huxley, Aldous Huxley, and Andrew Huxley.