Zeffie Tilbury tried hard to hide the fact that she was blind. She had to be helped onstage by a friend and companion.
The 75 cents Grandma demands for the replacement of her vase, would be worth $14.06 in 2019 money.
Buckwheat (Billy Thomas) was very scared of Zeffie Tillbury thinking she actually as mean as she played in the early part of the short. Eventually after encouragement from director Gus Meins he realized she was actually very kind.
Even though Zeffie Tillbury was blind, she hid it from the cast. She had her assistant read the script and had her describe the plot and would then read her lines to her.