In March 1937 movie industry trade papers it was announced that writer Theodore Reeves was working on the script for this movie. His contributions, if any, were ultimately not listed in the movie's credits.
In one scene, in the original script, Olsen and Johnson bathe their seal Sally, while various boarders wait outside their bathroom door. In the scene as originally written, the dialogue is heard, but the men and the seal are not seen. Because the dialogue suggests that the men are bathing a woman, Joseph Breen , Director of the PCA, instructed the studio to insert a shot of Olsen and Johnson bathing the seal so that the lines of dialogue would not seem suggestive to the audience.