The top-grossing film of 1930.
The first sound film version of the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
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 telecast took place in Asheville NC Thursday 7 May 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13).
The first Talkie in which Jane Darwell appeared.