Various complications ensue as Tony attempts to conceal or explain his near-naked presence in Betty's bedroom.

[7][8][9] The Brooklyn Daily Eagle said the play "lost its humor in plain coarseness and indecency" and claimed it "exhausts the possibilities for vulgarity".

[13] George Jean Nathan for the literary magazine The Smart Set wrote: "Avery Hopwood..., it begins to look, is selling his artistic soul to the highest bidder".

[14] Chadwick Pictures produced a silent film adaptation of the play, also titled The Girl in the Limousine, in 1924.

[15] Larry Semon and Claire Adams starred as Tony and his ex-girlfriend; Oliver Hardy played Freddie.