Ivan F. Simpson (Butler) and Paul Porcasi (The patron) are in studio records/casting call lists with those roles, but they are not in the print shown on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel.
A 1931 news item in Film Daily indicated the story was to be dramatized for the stage, but no performance of it has been found. However, a 1932 play with the title "I Like Your Nerve" was written by Katharine Kavanaugh and published in Chicago by The Dramatic Publishing Company. It is not known if this play was based on this movie.
A number of exterior scenes were filmed on the grounds of the Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916) in San Diego. The buildings seen in the film still stand today in Balboa Park.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interestin First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930's, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
The opening scene is missing in the TCM print, according to synopses reported in contemporary reviews. In that scene, the Douglas Fairbanks Jr. character is a bookworm who goes to Central America when advised to do so by a fortune-teller. The missing scene may account for the TCM print being shorter than the reported running time.
Vitaphone production reels #4924-4930.