Excerpts from this film were shot at the Eastern Service Studios in New York, formerly Paramount's Astoria Studios, where, according to press material in copyright records, sets and props were duplicated exactly to match those at Paramount's Hollywood studios. According to the Var review, Paramount financed the stage production of Wild Waves in order to secure the screen rights to the story. The review also states that the radio announcers featured in the film--"unbilled but heralded by placards in the footage"--were actual announcers for the radio personalities featured in the film: Norman Brokenshire for the Boswell Sisters, William Brenton for Kate Smith, James Wallington for Cab Calloway and Vincent Lopez, and Don Ball for the Mills Brothers. Bing Crosby's character is called "Bing Hornsby" in all reviews and modern sources and in the copyright records, although in the film, he is referred to by his own name. According to HR, Donald Novis' role was initially cut from the film, but was later re-inserted before the film's release when Novis became a popular radio singer. According to press material found in copyright records, Charles Carver, who was a character voice for Fleisher's screen cartoons, made a cameo appearance in this film as the bass voice in Kate Smith's theme song, "And You Were Mine." Calloway's number "Kicking That Gong Around" refers explicitly to drug addiction. This film was the first in a series of four "Big Broadcast" films which Paramount made in the 1930s that included lavishly staged music and dance numbers and featured famous radio personalities. George Burns and Gracie Allen also appear in The Big Broadcast of 1936 and The Big Broadcast of 1937. Bing Crosby also appears in The Big Broadcast of 1936.