 The UCLA Film and Television Archive entry for this film says—as do the credits—that the film was co-sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes to support the "fine work" of the NVA sanitarium.When the film was shown in theaters in 1931, a person would appear after the film to ask the audience for donations.Because the film was made for charity, it has an unusually large cast of actors from various studios in addition to Paramount, including Warner Bros., RKO, MGM, and Hal Roach Studios.