Bizarrely, The Three Stooges are not partnered with Ted Healy; in fact, they never interact with him despite being on the same bus (They also play it fairly straight--no slapping or the usual tomfoolery).
The $36.71 Letty collects from her fellow chorus girls equates to about $865 in 2024. Also in 2024, a one-way Greyhound bus ticket from New York City to Los Angeles can cost as little as $172. In the film, it took the bus three days to get to St. Louis. In 2024 the entire trip from NYC to LA by bus takes less than three full days.
Among the movie posters prominently displayed at the bus station, it's easy to identify several other 1933 MGM productions including: Turn Back the Clock (1933), Herz zu verschenken (1933), Penthouse (1933), Sexbombe (1933) and Stage Mother (1933).
According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, MGM shot a "large portion" of the picture on the road using two buses as mobile sets.