Mickey Rooney married Ava Gardner while filming "The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (January 1942).
Todd Karnes, who plays Harry, the young man smitten with Melody, played by Donna Reed, would a few years later appear with Reed in "It's a Wonderful Life," but in this case as her brother-in-law, also named Harry, brother to George Bailey, played by James Stewart.
This film's initial telecast took place in Honolulu Saturday 20 July 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), it first aired in Chicago 17 August 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Portland OR 5 September 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Los Angeles 10 October 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), in Baltimore 17 November 1957 on WJZ (Channel 13), in Philadelphia 24 November 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Windsor ON (serving Detroit) 1 December 1957 on CKLW (Channel 9), in Phoenix 7 December 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5), in Binghamton NY 5 January 1958 on WNBF (Channel 12), and in both Albany NY and San Francisco 2 February 1958 on WTEN (Channel 10) and on KGO (Channel 7). Although it would have been in the library of MGM films under the control of WCBS (Channel 2), there is no reliable documentation that it was ever aired in New York City at this time.