In the 1920s and 1930s United States, the term "Bacon Grabbers" was used to describe those with legal authority from the Sheriff's Office to repossess the property if monthly payments are long overdue.
The movie was filmed at 2980 Haddington Drive and 10341 Bannockburn Drive in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles.
Bacon Grabbers was in production just as movies were beginning to be recorded with sound. Hal Roach saw that sound was the wave of the future, and although the studio had not yet perfected voice recording, this picture originally had sound effects and some music, although no dialog.
Her cameo would mark the third and last live appearance in a Laurel and Hardy film for Jean Harlow. A photograph of her would be an important plot point in "Beau Hunks" (1931).