A young Charles Lane appears as the judge here. He would go on to a long career, usually playing a hard-nosed character. Even in this early appearance, his unmistakable voice can be heard.
Even in a modern setting of a metropolis like NYC, the sight of an African American couple entering the marriage license bureau would have seemed shocking to some cinema audiences of the time. A similar scene would be shown in the 1944 film "Arsenic and Old Lace."
Robert Young makes a reference to the 1934 novel, "The Postman Always Rings Twice," when he talks about the florist always ringing twice. The film adaptation was still ten years away.
The $49.50 Carolyn spends on the dress in the window would equate to $877 in 2017.
This film did well at the box office, earning RKO a profit of $164,000 ($2.9M in 2017) according to studio records.