This film had its U. S. television premiere on Turner Classic Movies on 17 September 2007 during TCM's festival of films made by Warner Brothers at Teddington Studios in the UK.
The play originally opened in Budapest, Hungary, on 2 December 1927. The original play was written only by Ladislas Fodor. It is not known why Paul Frank received onscreen credit. An English adaptation by Benn W. Levy, entitled "A Church Mouse", opened in London in early May 1931. Another English adaptation by Frederic Hatton and Fanny Hatton, also entitled "A Church Mouse", opened in New York on 12 October 1931 and starred 'Ruth Gordon'.
In this film, Miss Church Mouse tells her boss that she writes shorthand at 195 words per minute. That was indeed super efficiency then and now. The normal rate of speaking was about 100 wpm. A super stenographer in the days before steno machines, could write shorthand about 160 wpm. In the 21st century, people speak about 150 works per minutes; but with stenotype machines, court recorders can type 300 words per minute.
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