The opening train wreck was done using pre-WWII O gauge Lionel trains and 1:48 scale signals.
Although not written by the same writers, the plot of this film is similar to two other Warner Bros. films: Front Page Woman (1935) and The Adventurous Blonde (1937).
John Litel's character is named Eugene Forde, an apparent hat-tip to the prolific director of the same name, who worked with co-writer Seton I. Miller on Charlie Chan's Courage (1934).
This movie has the first recorded use of "chilling" to mean "hang out", by decades.
A little over 30 minutes into the movie, Joan Blondell's character returns to a nightclub to show a photo of Margaret Lindsay to the club owner played by Ben Welden.
In his office, she asks whether he knows the guy Lindsay came in with, and he says, "No, I was chilling with the two of them when they first come in, but she didn't introduce me to him."
The Online Etymology Dictionary, as of August 2023, dates this phrase to 1979, though it notes a related use of "chill" from the 1930s jazz scene.
A little over 30 minutes into the movie, Joan Blondell's character returns to a nightclub to show a photo of Margaret Lindsay to the club owner played by Ben Welden.
In his office, she asks whether he knows the guy Lindsay came in with, and he says, "No, I was chilling with the two of them when they first come in, but she didn't introduce me to him."
The Online Etymology Dictionary, as of August 2023, dates this phrase to 1979, though it notes a related use of "chill" from the 1930s jazz scene.