Sam Goldwyn picked Barbary Coast as a title and called in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur to write a story to fit. Result is a picture that has all it takes to get along in thoroughbred company.

The look of Bill's, meanwhile, has changed little since it was the Barbary, although it has grown from 150 to 197 hotel rooms, its casino from 20,000 to 30,000 square feet.