The film had it's world premiere at Loew's Fox Theatre in Washington on 17 August 1934.
(Evening Star,((Washington DC)) 16 August 1934)
The whistling sound made by the singing painter was an indication he had poorly fitted false teeth.
An adolescent Mickey Rooney provides comic relief, along with some well wrangled bullfrogs.
This film was first telecast in Philadelphia Friday 8 February 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6); it first aired in Altoona PA 6 March 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Minneapolis 21 March 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), in Los Angeles 17 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11) and in Chicago 25 April 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2); it found its way to San Antonio 27 November 1957 on WOAI (Channel 4), to Norfolk VA 4 August 1958 on WTAR (Channel 3), and, finally, to New York City 14 June 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2), and to San Francisco 28 February 1960 on KGO (Channel 7).