Martin Scorsese mentioned in his documentary, My Voyage to Italy, that he watched this movie on television when he was a boy, as well as Blasetti's biblical epic, Fabiola. Although he tactfully refrained giving his mature judgment of either picture, he did say that even as a child he was awed by the production design…

Who played Bachardy? I couldn't find him in the credits.

At the thirty second mark, it looks like Gavin Belson is getting a blood transfusion from a much younger man, a la Peter Thiel. Am I right?

Mamacita may have genuinely enjoyed liver and onions, but my interpretation was that the loyal maid (who knows just how broke her employer really is) willingly accepts the least expensive entrée on the menu, so that the twins can have whatever they want.