It was produced by Al Christie and the story was by Octavus Roy Cohen.
[3] Framing of the Shrew was one in a series of films made from Cohen's stories featuring the same characters portrayed by established African American actors and vaudeville performers.
[4] Privacy Robson decides that he must be free of his wife, Clarry, as she has been pushing for him to find a job.
Privacy takes this advice, however he is unable to resist sneaking some of his wife's cooking even after declining to eat supper.
In his book The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931, Edwin M. Bradley noted that the film "plays more overtly to the white vision of the shiftless black male".