In later years, Manners said: " didn't like movies. The film was the last for David Manners, who plays Edwin Drood. Production began on November 12, 1934, and continued until January 1935. The film's shooting was initially delayed because of casting difficulties. A set was built in Universal's backlot that was the largest for the studio since the filming of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. According to Universal publicity, the studio's London office shot thousands of feet of film and took numerous still shots of Victorian-style structures in Rochester in 1934 for the film. Universal afforded the film a budget of $215,375 and developed an aggressive advertising campaign to exploit the novel's unresolved ending.
Universal Pictures was enthusiastic about adapting The Mystery of Edwin Drood and exploiting its lack of a finale. Douglass Montgomery as Neville Landless.
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