 Filmed in Seattle, Washington, "Tugboat Annie" used local residents as extras, including then-mayor John F. Dore.The tugboat used in the film, renamed "Arthur Foss" in 1934, is the oldest wooden tugboat afloat in the world and remains preserved by Northwest Seaport in Seattle.The film earned $1,917,000 in rentals in the United States and Canada and $655,000 overseas for a total of $2,572,000
and made a profit of $1.1 million.