Alice Brady and Katharine Alexander, who play sisters in the film, were actually sisters-in-law; Alexander was married to Brady's half-brother William A. Brady Jr.
Should Ladies Behave (1933) was based on the play "The Vinegar Tree" by Paul Osborn. The play opened on 19 November 1930 at the Playhouse Theatre, 137 W. 48th St. in New York starring Mary Boland and Warren William. It ran for 229 performances until June 1931, In the review from the New York Times, Brooks Atkinson called Mary Boland's performance "a great treat for an audience that laughed until it burst its stays at The Playhouse last evening.
"The Vinegar Tree was revived successfully at the York Theater in 1988 with Frances Cuka. Clive Barnes remarked in his review, "The misunderstandings are all very well understood, but what gives Osborn's play its finesse and glitter is the neatness of its writing and the sheer style of its construction as well as the observation and comic insight Osborn brings to his characters."
"The Vinegar Tree was revived successfully at the York Theater in 1988 with Frances Cuka. Clive Barnes remarked in his review, "The misunderstandings are all very well understood, but what gives Osborn's play its finesse and glitter is the neatness of its writing and the sheer style of its construction as well as the observation and comic insight Osborn brings to his characters."
The working title of Should Ladies Behave (1933) was "The Vinegar Tree." Most of the trade journals reviewed the film under that title.