During the summer of 1929, in an effort to bolster her career, Ralston appeared in a George Scarborough drama entitled "Bad Babies," which was, in part, about what happens when a socialite woman falls in love with a high school boy. The entire cast was arrested by Los Angeles authorities for "lewd and indecent exhibition," and each cast member had the choice of either paying a $300 fine or spending 30 days in jail. All paid the fine.