Co-stars Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford were married from 1935-39. They made seven films together between 1933-37.
Eve Arden has a bit part in the film. In one memorable scene, she plays an actress faking a Southern accent. Twelve years later, she and Joan Crawford teamed for the noir classic Le roman de Mildred Pierce (1945), which won Crawford a Best-Actress Oscar and Arden a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.
Joan Crawford was Fred Astaire's first on-screen dance partner. Interestingly, Crawford would pass away on Astaire's 78th birthday.
Fillm debut of Fred Astaire. NOTE: (1) Though he was reported to have appeared years earlier in the silent film Fanchon, the Cricket (1915), he and his sister Adele Astaire only visited the set; they did not appear on camera. (2) This was the first time Astaire wore his signature top hat and tails.
When Franchot Tone reads the program for the play, the cast listed therein includes the real names of all the performers except Joan Crawford, whose character name is listed. Even the chorus girls are listed by their real names.