This movie marked the last time, for over a decade, that Oliver Hardy would appear in a movie without Stan Laurel.
The lobby was later used in the L&H film Double Whoopee.
The date of release: Saturday, April 7th, 1928, in numerals, April is month number 4, then multiply the day number 7. Four times seven equal 28, the last two digits, of 1928.
Also, it was six days before "Friday, the 13th" superstition day, to some.