camera behavior. Columbia was  considered a Poverty Row studio at the time of the films release.  Both MGM and Warner Brothers would loan out temperamental actors to  Columbia as a humbling experience. Studio boss Harry Cohn (qv),  who was loathe to pay for his own roster of contract stars during  the early 30s, would invariably assign them to work on  Frank Capra (qv)s films. Although the studio had received Oscar  nominations prior to this picture, its success virtually  single