When Jim mentions quintuplets while visiting with Sharon after the play and is holding five pieces of fruit in his arm, he is referring to The Dionne Quintuplets, born in Canada the year before this film was released.
Only screen pairing of MGM stars Constance Bennett and Clark Gable - although Gable had a supporting role in Bennett's The Easiest Way (1931).
This film was a hit at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $492,000 (~$11.3M in 2024) according to studio records.
The car Sharon drives is a 1926 Duesenberg Model A with custom coachwork by Bud Lyons of Hollywood in 1934. As of 2013 the car had been restored and was for sale with an asking price of $695,000.
Near the end, Sharon admonishes Tommy for still having old recordings at the boat house - specifically "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne, first published and recorded in 1905; "Row, Row, Row" by William Jerome and James V. Monaco from 1912 (and also is featured in Two Weeks with Love (1950)); and "Waltz Me Around Again, Willie" by Will D. Cobb and Ren Shields from 1906. She then teases him about buying "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Irving Berlin from 1911.