Clip from this movie was run in background of the movie house scene of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). The young actress in the film pulls off her skirt and shows how flexible and acrobatic she is . . . much to the joy of the lecherous Hollywood director. It was scandalous and perfect for '30s Hollywood.
The scene with George Clooney has prisoners brought in to watch the film. The guard blowers a whistle to signal the prisoners to sit. The guard says "enjoy your picture show" and the film starts up.
Myrtle Vail and Donna Damerel were mother and daughter in real life. Damerel died tragically in childbirth at the age of 28.
Film adaptation of the popular 1930s radio serial.
Footage from the film features prominently in The Celluloid Closet (1995).
Despite its status as a pre-Code cult classic, Myrt and Marge (1933) has never been released on home video, the same fate that has met many early talkies in the Universal catalogue.