Production
The film is MGM's first All-Talking, All-Color (Technicolor) production. It was also the screen debut of Lawrence Tibbett, who was a world renowned star of the Metropolitan Opera. The film is notable today as Laurel and Hardy's first appearance in color, although at the time of release they were only minor players in the film.
The movie was adapted by John Colton and Frances Marion from the operetta Gypsy Love by Robert Bodansky and A. M. Willner.
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