Bette Davis remarked that she looked back at this film with fondness, making it one of the few from the early part of her career that she would look at that way.
The dog in this film is played by Skippy, who rose to fame as Asta in The Thin Man series.
Butcher Town is an industrial neighborhood in San Francisco that historically housed the city's slaughterhouses. It is one of the few remaining industrial sectors of San Francisco. Islais Creek flows through Butcher Town and a draw bridge allows traffic on heavily traveled Third Street to cross it with a minimum of interruption. It was first built in 1915 (the one referred to in this film) and replaced in 1945.
The $250,000 in stolen bonds Bill delivers at the beginning of the film would equate to over $4,750,000 in 2019.
According to a biography of Bette Davis, she wanted the part of Mildred in Of Human Bondage (1934), so she took this role to be co-operative with studio boss Jack L. Warner. It worked, and Davis was loaned out to RKO for the film that made her a star. And, when Jack Warner heard about her performance, he elevated Davis to top billing in this film.