One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Asheville NC Thursday 7 May 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13).
The top-grossing film of 1930.
The first sound film version of the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
The first Talkie in which Jane Darwell appeared.