After Walter Huston's character makes an obviously mealy-mouthed political statement to a reporter, the latter sarcastically tells him "If this had been at Gettysburg, I'd have thought you were Lincoln." It is probably not a coincidence that Huston had played Abraham Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln (1930).
The first deposit in the bank book was made in mid-July, and the final deposit was in late August.
(at around 1h 7 mins) After visiting Mary in jail, Mike goes to the law office of "Thomas H. Haskins and James A. Burke Counsellors at Law". While there are two correct spellings, "counsellor" (with a double "l") is predominantly used in the British Empire, whereas "counselor" (with a single "l") is more prevalent in the U.S. Maybe Haskins and Burke have a British heritage.
According to contemporary articles in The Hollywood Reporter, Walter Huston replaced Lionel Barrymore as the judge, and W.S. Van Dyke replaced Bayard Veiller as director of this picture.
The $60,000 shown in the bank book equates to nearly $1.4M in 2024.