First appearance of The Three Stooges in a full-length feature film. Ironically, it was not in a comedic role.
The $4,000 in savings Joe and Mary argue about investing with Ted is the equivalent of approximately $80,000 in 2020.
The calendar date of Joe's transformation is 6 March 1933, two days after the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his first term as U.S. president, and the same day that he instituted a nationwide "bank holiday" mentioned in the opening scene of the movie. The bank holiday was intended to stop Americans from making panicky cash withdrawals from banks. After the federal government ascertained the financial condition of every bank in the country, those deemed sound reopened on March 13, and Americans were soon flocking to these banks to redeposit their money. The seven-day hiatus on banking activity helped counter the public's uncertainty in the nation's banking system brought on by the Great Depression.
One of seven feature films Lee Tracy appeared in which were released in 1933 by MGM. He was the male lead in six, and the other was Dinner at Eight (1933) where he was part of the ensemble case of the studio's top stars.
MGM production number 689.