The film uses the actual cover of the November 8, 1932 (no. 2572) edition of Life magazine. At the time, the publication was a humor magazine, like Punch in the UK, with limited circulation.
According to Warner Bros. production reports included in the file on the film in the AMPAS library, the film was shot over 22 days for a total cost of $164,000.
In the winter of 1932, a highly publicized 'Bridge Match of the Century' was fought between teams allied behind competing experts Ely Culbertson and Sidney S. Lenz, using the 'Culbertson' and 'Lenz' systems of play. Contemporary sources note that the film playoff between Peter and Van Dorn is a spoof of a match played between bridge experts Cuthbertson and Lenz.
Paul Lukas was 18 years older than Loretta Young.
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