No information about the publication of Rowland Brown's story, "A Handful of Clouds," has been found. The story may not have been published.
Lew Ayres, just off his landmark All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), was twenty-one years old when this was made. James Cagney, still an unknown, was 31.
Second film for James Cagney, after Sinners' Holiday (1930). He would become a star the following year in The Public Enemy (1931).
A filmed opening sequence involving a play called "Napoleon of the Underworld," was cut prior to release. The sequence included actors cut from the final print: Charles Judels (who is credited in the cast anyway), Maurice Black, Vivien Oakland, Paul Fix, Tom Shirley and Peter Diggie.