Part of the original Shock Theater package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with Son of Shock, which added 20 more features.
Shooting began Nov. 18, 1934, completed in January, 1935, released Feb. 4.
This movie was lavishly produced by Universal at a time when it could least afford it. The studio was not yet aware of the failure of their most recent Dickens adaptation, Great Expectations (1934), and because of Carl Laemmle's financial excesses and asleep-at-the-wheel managerial style, Universal was rapidly sinking into a financial debacle. This film, like so many of Universal's of this period, flopped.