In an early bit of dialogue, Gene Raymond's character listens to his parents say he shouldn't marry a blues singer, and he replies, "Whom should I marry - Schumann-Heink?," referring to a famous opera singer who had just retired in 1932. Ironically, when Raymond himself married in 1937 his bride was an opera singer as well as a movie star: Jeanette MacDonald.
Harold Sigrift, the character played by Monroe Owsley, was based on the New York author, broadcaster, actor, and member of the Algonquin Round Table Alexander Woollcott.
Rodney's monthly allowance check for $4,000, dated October 15, 1932 as seen in the film, would equate to nearly $85,000 in 2022.
Based on a play of the same title that opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St., on November 9, 1931 and ran for 129 performances until February, 1932.
Final film of actress Florence Britton.