Trivia: The film features an absolutely massive cast, including 750 bit players, 26,000 male extras, 11,000 female extras, and 750 children.
Trivia: This was the first movie ever with audible dialogue, though less than 400 words are spoken in the whole movie.
Trivia: A total of 3000 pies were used in the pie fight sequence towards the end of the film.
Trivia: The first short film to bill Laurel and Hardy as an official team.