L'Opinion publique
When Sternberg returned from a sojourn in Europe following his disappointing tenure at M-G-M in 1925, Charles Chaplin approached him to direct a comeback vehicle for his erstwhile leading lady, Edna Purviance. Purviance had appeared in dozens of Chaplin's films, but had not had a serious leading role since the much admired picture "A Woman of Paris" (1923). This would mark the "only occasion that Chaplin entrusted another director with one of his own productions."