 Producer Hal Roach had originally intended that the film be shot in color, but changed his mind because of the cost of doing so.Roach is said to have interfered during the film's editing, much to Stan Laurel's exasperation.Always a large creative force behind the camera, Laurel objected to Roach's removing scenes, including the addition of a bomb in the composer's piano, where the tapping of a particular key would set it off.