While the film was playing in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in July of 1932, Ricardo Cortez published his own gossip column in the Scranton Republican.
S. B. Tucker, manager of the Byrd Theater in Richmond, Virginia, concocted a publicity stunt to promote the film there. He hired two black musicians, each with a cloth on his back reading "Is My Face Red?," to entertain at a local gathering.
The twin radio towers briefly shown when Poster is said to be going on the radio are those atop the Warner Hollywood Theatre (Hollywood Pacific Theatre since 1968) at 6433 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Based on "Is My Face Red?" play by Ben Markson and Allen Rivkin (production undetermined). It is possible that their work was a screen original.
Is My Face Red? (1932) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Ben Markson and Casey Robinson. The film focuses on Bill Poster, a hugely successful newspaper and radio columnist, who pursues scandal in New York City from penthouses to the gutters. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Robert Armstrong and Arline Judge. It was released on June 17, 1932 by RKO Pictures.