 The film was released shortly after Will Rogers (I) (qv) death on  15 August 1935 from an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.  Originally, the ending of the film had him waving goodbye to the  character played by Irvin S. Cobb (qv), but the ending was changed  to avoid the audience thinking he was saying goodbye to them, which  may have caused them to leave the theater in tears.