May Robson, who plays 25-year-old Wayne Morris' would-be mother, was already past 80 at the time the film was made.
Although it sounds fictitious, Kokomo is a real place --- a mid-sized industrial city about two hour's drive North of Indianapolis. Over time, its name has come to symbolize the typical American small town.
One of 4 films which co-starred Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell, the others being I've Got Your Number (1934), Back in Circulation (1937), and Off the Record (1939).
One of 10 films in which Wayne Morris and Jane Wyman both appeared, the first in 1936.
One of 5 films that included both Pat O'Brien and Wayne Morris.