Nelson Eddy - 33 at the time - was required to do a screen test for the film). Eddy's test took 58 takes and even the best was determined to be awful. MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer overruled everyone and ordered that he be only used for a singing sequence in the film.
The plot has many similarities to the life of Buster Keaton, plus the film was made at a time when friction between Keaton and MGM was increasing, leading to speculation that it was a way for MGM to get back at him'
Two of The Three Stooges, Moe Howard and Curly Howard, appear almost unrecognizably as clowns Otto and Fritz, who rough up Russell Hardie backstage.
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