As originally shot, the script contained a sizable role for Rita Hayworth. When, however, it was decided that this film was to be the first of a series, the studio eliminated Hayworth's role rather than have a third major character who, like Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas, would be committed to the series. In any event, Blondell withdrew from the planned series, and all but three seconds of Hayworth's role landed on the cutting-room floor. She speaks two words on-screen and 5 words on an intercom off-screen.
First of three films from 1938-9 that Columbia paired Melvyn Douglas and Joan Blondell. The others were Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) and The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939). They would not work together again until MGM's Advance to the Rear (1964).
Mary Astor and Jerome Cowan would later appear together in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and, avoiding spoilers, their characters have a similar interaction.
William H. Strauss as "Rent Collector" is listed by a modern source as a cast member in this movie, but that role was played by William Burress.
Melvyn Douglas calls Joan Blondell " The little gold digger " - she starred in the series of Gold Digger films for Warner Bros .