The top ticket price was $4.40.
The show grossed a paltry $12,000 in Pittsburgh and it took a critical drubbing. The tryouts in Washington, DC and Newark were both cancelled. The entire loss was $90,000.
Lou Holtz had been miscast as Sam Mosco. Producer and writer B.G. DeSylva wired Eddie Cantor in Hollywood asking him to replace Holtz. Cantor refused.
Clyde Fillmore had been announced for the cast but he does not appear in programs.
Rehearsals began on August 15, 1932.
Bobby Connolly was originally announced as choreographer. However, when the show opened, George Hale was choreograprapher. Eventually Connolly took the reins.
The production was scheduled for the Apollo Theatre, where it\'s rewritten version Take a Chance played.
