Derr for Pathé Exchange, and was distributed by RKO Pictures after the merger of the two studios; it starred Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante, and Patsy Ruth Miller.

The German production had been translated for the American stage by DeLeon and Mark Swan and, under the same title as the film.

Unbeknownst to her, he has made plans to go out on the town that night with his new, sultry secretary Kitty Minter, and his new sexy client, Diane O'Dare, who, a lonely wife herself, wishes to divorce her husband for neglect.

(Cast as per AFI database)[5] Pathé announced that the film was going into production in mid-November 1930, with Russell Mack at the helm.

[8] On December 7, it was learned that DeLeon would be adapting the story into a screenplay,[9] and on the 10th the announcement came that Esther Ralston and Patsy Ruth Miller would be added to the list of cast members, along with Edward Everett Horton.

[16] Several days prior to its release, Pathe announced that the marketing campaign for the film would include "tie-ins" with a coterie of manufacturers and retail stores.

[5] Mordaunt Hall, the film critic for The New York Times, gave the film a positive review, calling the direction "skillful" and singling out the performance of several of the actors, including Esther Ralston, Maude Eburne, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Spencer Charters.

They particularly highlighted the direction of Mack, Horton's performance in his dual role, as well as complimenting the rest of the cast.

[19] Photoplay listed it as one of the best films of the month in February 1931, singling out the acting talents of Horton, Ralston, La Plante, and Miller.

While they called it "... the most consistently broad comedy of any film since "The Cock-eyed World"," they also stated that it was "supposedly hilarious".

[24] The English translation of the 1912 German vaudeville act, Tanzanwaltz, entitled Lonely Wives, written by DeLeon and Mark Swan, was produced by A.H. Woods in Stamford, Connecticut on August 11, 1922.