The original release had to be cut by four minutes to pass inspection by the New York Board of Censors. The cuts were mostly very minor, but the most notable were the scene where Lily admits that she began working as a prostitute when she was fourteen and the scene in the boxcar with the yardman, the closeup of the hand turning out the light. These scenes were cut before the film's release in 1933 and were not seen publicly until 2004.