"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJune 29, 1942 with Wallace Beery reprising his film role.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onNovember 13, 1939 with Wallace Beery reprising his film role.
Wallace Beery actually got one less vote than Fredric March in the 1931/1932 Academy Awards voting for best actor, but the rules at the time considered anyone with one or two votes less than the leader as being in a tie. So both got Academy Awards.
Although the AFI Catalogue specifies the world premiere was in Hollywood (at Grauman's Chinese Theater) on 13 November 1931, the New York Times review of 10 November 1931 says "last night it succeeded in stirring the emotions of an audience in the Astor..." Since the review concludes that the film is AT THE ASTOR, it seems likely that it was ready for public viewing immediately. The AFI Catalogue world premiere statement is probably wrong, and that it was just a Hollywood premiere.
This film ranked second as best picture in the 1932 Film Daily poll of national critics, being beaten only by Grand Hotel.