A real ship (the S. N. Castle, built in 1886) was burned and sunk for the movie.
This was the first film to be shown using the Magnascope enlarged screen system for selected sequences.
Box office receipts from the premiere at the Rialto Theater went to the USS Constitution restoration fund.
George Godfrey was a heavyweight boxer who fought from 1919-1937. On June 6, 1930, He boxed against future Heavyweight Champion Primo Carnera in Shibe Park, Philadelphia. The New York Times reported, "George Godfrey, giant negro heavyweight of Leiperville, after hammering Primo Carnera, mammoth Venetian, through four rounds of a scheduled 10 round battle which attracted 35,000 fans and about $160,000 in gate receipts, was disqualified on a foul in the 5th round amid scenes of wild disorder." Many observers considered the 1930 fight to be fixed in Carnera's favor.
This was the first film for heavyweight boxer George Godfrey, who played the cook.
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