When Bugs Raymond asks a bookie for a tip on a horse race he is told, "Owney M. - put plenty on him". This was an in-joke allusion to New York racketeer Owney Madden, who was sponsoring George Raft's budding Hollywood career at the time.
The square-cut diamond that cost $12,000 in 1931 would cost more than $250,000 in 2022.
Directorial debut of Rowland Brown. The studio was so pleased with his work on this film they gave him a $1,000 bonus.