The $250.00 per week that Jones is to get for writing the article in this 1935 comedy translates to $4,999.23 per week in 2019 dollars.
Direct references to drug use were forbidden after the adoption of the "Code," but here the filmmakers must have not understood when a character was referred to as being "coked up."
The first of five movies in which Edward G. Robinson and Edward Brophy worked together. The others are L'ultimo gangster (1937), Un bandito in vacanza (1938), I tre furfanti (1942), and Ombre sul mare (1943).
Edward G. Robinson enjoyed an excellent working relationship with director John Ford and co-star Jean Arthur of whom he wrote in his autobiography, "All My Yesterdays": "She was whimsical without being silly, unique without being nutty, a theatrical personality who was an untheatrical person. She was a delight to work with and to know."
Columbia Pictures borrowed Edward G. Robinson for this film from Warner Bros. Robinson had read this in Louella Parsons' gossip column. At the time, his career was marred by recent box-office failures and typecasting as a gangster. He was initially opposed but changed his mind after reading the script. In retrospect, Tutta la città ne parla (1935) was a turning point for Robinson, reviving his cinematic fortunes. Along with Il piccolo gigante re dei gangsters (1933) and Un bandito in vacanza (1938), this film was one of the few comedies Robinson made.