Frances Dee met Joel McCrea on the set of this film. Following a whirlwind courtship, the two were married later that year (1933) in Rye, New York. He died on their 57th wedding anniversary.
Laura Hope Crews also played the part of Mrs. Phelps on stage, and John Cromwell also directed the original Broadway production.
Based on the Broadway play of the same title that opened at the John Golden Theatre, 202 W. 58th St. on 10 December 1926 and ran for 112 performances.