Based on the play by Lee Wilson Dodd titled "His Majesty, Bunker Bean" that opened on Broadway at the Astor Theatre, 1537 Broadway, on 2 October 1916 and ran for 72 performances. There were two previous film versions with the same title - His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918) and His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925). The play was based on a 1913 novel by Harry Leon Wilson that was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.
The $5,000 check Bean receives would equate to about $100,000 in 2021.
Although she is just a supporting player here in this RKO film, in 21 years Lucille Ball, along with her husband Desi Arnaz would own the studio.
Although she'd already appeared in nearly three dozen films before this (mostly uncredited roles), Lucille Ball is only on screen a few times, totaling less than two minutes, delivering just a few lines of unimportant dialog.
Sibyl Harris's debut.