Directed by Richard Boleslawski for RKO Radio Pictures, it starred Ivan Lebedeff, Genevieve Tobin and Betty Compson.

[1] According to the trade journal Film Daily, RKO reported the original story "Strange Women" was written by Lebedeff and Benn W.

[3] In addition to Strange Women, working titles included Woman Pursued and Kisses By Command.

Henry Hobart, the original production supervisor of Gay Diplomat, was so upset by the film's inadequacies and by Lebedeff's lack of star quality that he walked off the project.

[1][4] The picture was Lebedeff's first starring role and he figured heavily in RKO's marketing campaign, which touted him as another Valentino and portrayed the story as based on events from his life.