Arsène Lupin

The selling point at the time of the film's release was the first joint screen appearance of brothers John and Lionel Barrymore. Their chemistry was so strong that they would be co-assigned four more times by MGM in the next two years, in Grand Hotel (1932), Rasputin and the Empress (1932), Night Flight (1933), and Dinner at Eight (1933), the last of which gave them no scenes together. Rasputin and the Empress (1932) marked the only time that all three Barrymore siblings - Lionel, Ethel and John - appeared in the same film.

Lupin steals the Mona Lisa by wrapping the canvas around his umbrella. The Mona Lisa is painted on a wood panel.

The opening title doesn't list the Barrymores separately, but instead as a pair, "John and Lionel Barrymore."