Joan Crawford met her biological father only once when he visited her on the set of Chained (1934). She would never see him again.
While shooting the long dialogue scenes between their characters, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable improvised their own lines, many of which Clarence Brown kept in the final cut of the film.
A sherry flip cocktail is made with sherry, simple syrup or powdered sugar, and a whole egg. These ingredients are shaken with ice and strained into a glass and then garnished with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Mickey Rooney makes an early, uncredited appearance. He's one of the boys in the shipboard pool who shout "Hey!" to Joan Crawford, and go on to play a pool game with her and Clark Gable.