[2] The screenplay was written by Christen Jul and was based on Johannes Allen's 1941 novel Det bor i oss alle.
Three weeks earlier, the couple had arrived in Oslo after a three-week engagement in Fredrikstad.
John sought out Magnussen, director of Norway's largest dance hall, the Trocadero.
Cunning invited John and Irene—three days after their first appearance—to a party at the entertainment magnate Carlsen's, who owned the Honolulu.
When John returned to the boarding house, Irene told him that she was pregnant, and that because of their miserable financial situation she would have an abortion.