1932 Cagney Indy/Duesenberg Race Movie

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I am sitting here now watching the Howard Hawks directed Warner Bros. movie~
~~~"The Crowd Roars" ~~~~
a 1932 James Cagney Indy auto race movie on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Duesenbergs are mentioned several times during the movie plot by James Cagney, & others during the movie's plotline.
Miller & Duesenberg race cars are also featured in this film.
One race team owner/mechanic in the movie is actually called "Fred" !
It does not appear to me to be Fred Duesenberg however ???

Before the movie actually started TCM host Robert Osborne stated that the two famous Duesenberg auto & race car builder brothers were brought in as consultants during the 1932 production of the movie to help set up very realistic race & crash scenes for the race movie.

Has anyone ever heard this fun Duesenberg Brothers fact before ?
The Duesenberg Brothers hired as 1930's race movie consultants ?

Is there any more information known about this fun 1932 Jimmy Cagney auto race movie and it's production history; & specifically the Duesenberg brothers actual real connection to it's production by any other ACD forum members, & Duesenberg historians, here on this website?

Everyone here should see this race movie !
I believe it was releaed on DVD in 2012 according to my late night web search ?