The movie's box office received a big boost when Dick Powell and Joan Blondell were married shortly before its release.
When Dick Powell's doctor ordered him to rest his throat, Warner Bros. considered replacing him with Rudy Vallee.
Based on the lackluster rushes of this film, particularly leading lady Jeanne Madden's dearth of star quality, studio chief Jack L. Warner withdrew further funds, making this the only entry in Busby Berkeley's canon of 1930s backstage musicals that does not culminate in a spectacular production number as its finale.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Wednesday 26 September 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Albuquerque Thursday 4 October 1956 on KOAT (Channel 7), in Boston Sunday 25 November 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Indianapolis Tuesday 27 November 1956 on WTTV (Channel 10), in Sacramento CA Saturday 19 December 1956 on KBET (Channel 10), in New York City Sunday 13 January 1957 on WABD (Channel 5), in Columbus Wednesday 27 February 1957 on WTVN (Channel 6), in Cincinnati Thursday 7 March 1957 on WKRC (Channel 12), and in Cleveland Wednesday 17 April 1957 on WJW (Channel 8).