Released as a double feature with Labourer's Love, the film screened for four days at the Olympic Theatre but did not find broader distribution.

[6] The cast included Richard Bell, a Charlie Chaplin impersonator active in contemporary Shanghai,[7] as well Zheng Zhengqiu and Wang Xianzhai.

[8] The Mingxing studios and its film school featured extensively, with an executive being selected as the fictional Chaplin's tour guide and showcasing the company's offerings.

[10] Such self-referential offerings were noted by the Chinese film historian Zheng Junli as likely drawn from Mack Sennett and his work with Keystone Studios in the 1910s.

Several involved the main character, who flirted with two women while astride their automobiles, engaged in acrobatic fights, and became trapped in a sedan chair and later a waterwheel.

[18] Chaplin ultimately visited Shanghai in 1936, at which time Mingxing hosted a banquet for him at the International Hotel, with starlet Hu Die presiding.