$1,000,000 in 1932 had the same purchasing power as $15,700,000 in 2009.
Debut of Marc Lawrence.
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.
Production dates for each segment are as follows: "Road Hogs" 9 September 1932-12 September 1932; "Violet" 14 September 1932-15 September 1932; "Death Cell" mid-September 1932; "The Forger" late September 1932; "Grandma" 30 September 1932-5 October 1932; "China Shop" 4 October 1932-10 October 1932; "The Three Marines" 14 October 1932-17 October 1932; and "Prologue" 14 October 1932-25 October 1932.
The presently available DVD and cable television version appears to be the shortened 1949 re-release, running 83 minutes, with a re-arranged cast list that omits several players whose names appeared on-screen at the time of the original 1932 release.
Three sequences intended for the movie were not in the final print: "The Pheeneys" with Cary Grant and Miriam Hopkins, "The Man Who Drops Dead" by Oliver H.P. Garrett, directed by Thornton Freeland and Clive Brook, and "The Randall Marshalls" with Sylvia Sidney, Carole Lombard and Fredric March, and directed by Lothar Mendes. It is not known if the first 2 segments were filmed and dropped or simply not filmed. The last sequence was partially filmed, but dropped because March would not participate in retakes without salary.