Joseph Breen, director of the Production Code Administration, expressed displeasure with Franklin Pangborn's character, a rather effeminate hosiery merchant. Breen complained to Hal Roach that Pangborn's character was too "pansyish" and asked Roach to tone down the role's effeminacy.
Margaret Roach, daughter of the film's director and producer, Hal Roach, has a small role as a Southern belle.