While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process.

Directed by Irving Cummings and starring Mary Astor, it was based upon a stage play called A Romance of the Underworld by Paul Armstrong.

A previous version of the story was filmed as A Romance of the Underworld in 1918 by director James Kirkwood with Catherine Calvert in Astor's part.

The film featured a theme song titled "Judy", which was composed by Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, and Pierre Norman.

Romance of the Underworld is extant at the Museum of Modern Art[2][3] and in a European archive.