One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
This was director Ernst Lubitsch's first film with sound.
Considered by many to be the first musical film in which the songs were integrated with the story.
Cameo: [Ben Turpin] The silent movie comedian appears as the cross-eyed lackey who informs Count Renard that the court is ready for him at his wedding.