This film was theatrically released with the Merrie Melodies cartoon A Wild Hare (1940) which was the first appearance of Bugs Bunny.
The screen play was based on the Broadway production of "The Home Towners" by George M. Cohan which opened at the Hudson Theater on August 23, 1926 and ran for 64 performances. In the cast were Robert McWade, Chester Morris and Georgia Caine.