 Jean Harlow (qv) and William Powell (I) (qv) were a couple at  the time the film was made. She desperately wanted the part of  Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy (qv)s role) so that she and Powells  character would end up together. The director and MGM execs would  not heed her demand, however. They always intended on the film being  another Powell/Loy vehicle and knew that audiences wanted Powell and  Loy to end up together in their films. Harlow was very disappointed  but had already signed on to the film and had no choice but to play  the role of Gladys Benton. In the end, she liked the film and agreed  that she was more suited to the role of Gladys.