For years the "Hot Choc'late Soldiers" animated sequence, created by Walt Disney Studios, could not be shown as part of this movie, because in 1934 Disney had licensed only movie-theatre rights and had reserved the sequence's TV rights for his own company. Finally, in 1992, Ted Turner's company, which then owned the rights to the MGM archive, settled with the Disney company and released a video version of the film containing "Hot Choc'late Soldiers". [Unfortunately, the transition scene, with Mickey Mouse at the piano in B&W and the "Hot Choc-late Soldiers" sheet music in Technicolor, was not properly reconstructed, so only the Technicolor portion of the scene is visible. NOTE: while the previous sentence may have been true in 1992, the movie now contains the B&W transition scene.]
The last film at MGM for The Three Stooges. They would move to Columbia Pictures for the remainder of their careers.
A deleted number featuring Jimmy Durante and Polly Moran, a spoof of "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" from 42ème rue (1933) entitled "Fly Away to Ioway", wound up on the cutting-room floor, but footage from this deleted number does survive.
Skits and musical numbers featuring Johnny Weissmuller, Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Jackie Cooper, and Max Baer were deleted before release.
The montage for the song "Hollywood Party" shows the silhouette of an obviously nude woman showering. This film was released June 1, 1934, and the Production Code began strict enforcement one month later, so this film got approved just under the wire.