Trivia: At first, this film seems to have only one scene and two shots, one outside and another inside. Actually, it is divided in a series of 10 minute continuous shots, 10 minutes being the maximum duration of filming possible without reloading the camera. Every 10 minutes, the camera zooms on a dark object and then cuts.
Trivia: At first, Lou Costello did not want to be in the film because he thought the movie was too silly. But when Universal (the company that made the film) offered him $50,000 to be in the movie, Costello said he would be delighted.
Trivia: William Bendix was actually a bat boy for the Yankees, and a close friend of Babe Ruth's.
Trivia: Because of protests from Jewish pressure groups, the film was not released in the United States until 1951.
Trivia: Like in most western films made by John Ford, real Native Americans were used and were paid union scale.
Trivia: This was Harry Carey Sr.'s last film. It was also the only film to have both Harry Carey Sr. And his son, Harry Carey Jr., star. They did not have any scenes together.
Trivia: Director John Huston has a cameo as the white-suited man who gets increasingly irritated when Humphrey Bogart repeatedly begs him for money.
Trivia: When Yosemite Sam is dancing, look in the background and you can see businesses with the names of two animators: Ken Champin and G. Chiniquy (Gerry Chiniquy).
Trivia: There is no dialogue in the short, apart from a mutual "Gesundheit!" at the very end.
Trivia: Jane Wyman won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role as Belinda McDonald without uttering a single word of dialogue in the film.
Trivia: When Donald Duck falls off the roof when he slides on the butter whilst holding the piece of baked rubber cement, a "Goofy Holler" can be heard.
Trivia: Adele Jergens plays Mae Martin, the mother of Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe). In real life, Jergens was only nine years older than Monroe.
