This film was a financial disappointment; MGM lost a reported $75,000 on the project during its initial theatrical release.
The $5000 missing from the bank would equate to over $73,000 in 2020.
While the acting troupe is eating dinner together in the train car, the eldest actor says he is reminded of a time when he "played with Edwin Booth." The other actors at the table make faces of distaste knowing they will have to endure another round of old stories about his glory days with a legendary actor who has been dead for over 30 years. Nevertheless, Edwin Booth is considered among the greatest American theater actors and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. However, his legacy is forever tied to the fact that his brother, John, assassinated Abraham Lincoln.