“The original of all the night-club and underworld dramas-and still the most effective. You may quarrel with the too lavish settings given the Dunning-Abbott play, but you´ll have no complaint against Director Paul Fejos´ direct and sharp handling of the story. Here you will find no hodge-podge talkie, trying to get by on the strength of its novelty, but an expert drama, with concise dialogue, tense melodrama and, for the most part, good acting. […] Broadway is tricked out with theme songs, with special dancing acts and with a mammoth cabaret scene, three times as large as any New York night club. […] And you will not be disappointed in Universal’s version of one of the most entertaining plays presented in several seasons. All Talkie”. (Photoplay, Aug., 1929)