The $10,000.00 in blackmail would be the equivalent of about $214,000.00 in the year 2023.
According to a news item in Hollywood Reporter, when The Women Men Marry (1937) began production the stars had not been selected as yet, and only Cliff Edwards had been cast among the principals.
The $10 that Walter Wiley gives Mary Jane would be equivalent to about $212 in 2023.