Wallis' wife, the actress Louise Fazenda, and Curtiz's third wife, Bess Meredyth, an actress and screenwriter, had been close since before Curtiz's marriage to Meredyth in 1929.
Wallisova žena, glumica Louise Fazenda, i Curtizova treća žena, Bess Meredyth, glumica i scenaristica, bile su dobre prijateljice prije nego je Curtiz oženio Meredyth 1929.