 Leatrice Joy had impulsively cut her hair short in 1926, and Cecil B. DeMille, whom Joy had followed when he set up Producers Distributing Corporation, was publically angry as it prevented her from portraying traditional feminine roles.The studio developed projects with roles suitable for her “Leatrice Joy bob”, and "For Alimony Only" was the fourth of five films before she regrew her hair.Despite this, a professional dispute would end the Joy / Demille partnership in 1928.