Paramount's first Technicolor feature and the first feature to be shot in Three-Strip Technicolor outside of a studio environment (on location).
The costumes were not designed for color, yet. All were tones of brown and grey, as was customary for black and white photography. The sets and props were similarly tones of brown. A couple of exceptions included multi-colored pencils on a desk and apples in baskets.
Won a Special Recommendation at the 1936 Venice Film Festival.
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Song - 'A Melody From the Sky' in 1937.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Asheville NC Sunday 5 July 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), in Pittsburgh 7 August 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Chicago 22 August 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Grand Rapids 30 September 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8) and in Seattle 9 November 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. In Indianapolis it first aired Friday 2 October 1959 on Frances Farmer Presents, a film series hosted by former screen star Frances Farmer on WFBM (Channel 6), an NBC affiliate who was the first to broadcast it in color. It was released on DVD 7 July 2009 as part of the Universal Backlot Series.