Although Collins took to talkies easily (he and Vernon Dent sing together in the early sound short Ticklish Business), he never established himself as a major comedy star.

White's 1932 short Show Business, starring ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd, co-stars Collins as the frustrated manager of a vaudeville troupe traveling by train.

(Collins reprised the role in White's 1947 remake, Training for Trouble, starring Gus Schilling and Richard Lane.)

Columbia historian Ted Okuda says Monte Collins was the Dan Aykroyd of his day: a reliable, skilled comedian who usually assisted other stars in getting laughs, rather than driving the action by himself.

The Collins & Kennedy partnership ran only a few years, but White continued to use both actors as all-purpose supporting players.

Filmed in France by French and Italian cast and crew members, the production was hectic and chaotic for the English-speaking stars.