The film's look and style

A distinctive quality of the film is the use of location work, with scenes shot inside a factory and in Blackpool, including the famous Tower Ballroom. This kind of style is more often associated with later films, including those of the 1930s, for example, by Humphrey Jennings.

The film cost between £8,000 and £10,000 to produce, fairly typical of the studio and the period. Most of the production crew were regulars with Gaumont British. The two stars, Estelle Brody and John Stuart, had played the leads in Elvey's preceding movie about World War I, Mademoiselle From Armentières (1926).

The film's credits for cinematography are given to William Shenton and John Cox. However, the elaborate montage in the Blackpool sequence suggests, according to Rachel Low (1), that Basil Emmott may have been involved in this section at least. Emmott was regarded as one of the best British cameramen of the period, and another fine example of his work is John Grierson's Drifters, 1928.