Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Milwaukee Wednesday 8 April 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), followed by Seattle 22 June 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), and Omaha 23 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7). Despite the names of two still very marketable stars above the title, it was otherwise only rarely taken off the shelf.

Warner Oland plays the Chinese Ambassador , and Keye Luke his son . Oland was Charlie Chan in the film series , and Luke was "Number One Son" , Lee Chan .

SOURCE CITATIONS SOURCEDATEPAGE Daily Variety16 Apr 35p. 3. Daily Variety26 Apr 35p. 23. Daily Variety12 Jul 35p. 3. Daily Variety26 Jul 35p. 2. Film Daily20 Jul 35p. 7. Hollywood Reporter12 Jul 35p. 3. Hollywood Reporter27 Jul 35p. 5. Hollywood Reporter19 Nov 35p. 6. Motion Picture Daily13 Jul 35p. 4. Motion Picture Herald1 Jun 35p. 55. Motion Picture Herald20 Jul 35p. 88. New York Times20 Jul 35p. 16. Variety24 Jul 35p. 21. Actor Willie Fung's first name is spelled "Willy" in the onscreen credits. MPH 's "In the Cutting Room" says the film is based on a "play of the same title," although the film credits Gene Towne, Graham Baker and Lynn Starling with an original screenplay and a HR ad credits Towne and Baker with an original story. SAB says the film was developed from an idea proposed by Walter Wanger, while a pre-production news item states that the script was by Louis Stevens, who receives no credit for the film in reviews. The "In the Cutting Room" also lists Hedda Hopper in the cast, although she was not in the viewed print and her name was not mentioned in reviews, and her participation in the film is unclear. As announced in DV on 26 Jul 1935, this film was currently in its London run, although many had predicted it "would never be shown in England or her colonies because of race angle." According to a news item in DV , Carole Lombard had been set to star in this film but had already been engaged for a Universal film. (from AFI Caralog)

This film made a profit of $ 142,246.