This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Thursday 11 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); in Seattle it first aired 4 June 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Chicago 18 June 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Philadelphia 19 June 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Portland OR 19 June 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in New Haven CT 26 June 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Altoona PA 3 July 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Norfolk VA 7 August 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), and in New York City 26 October 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2); in San Francisco it was first telecast 19 November 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later.
Wallace Beery's first film in Technicolor. He would appear in just one other, A Date with Judy (1948).
Premiered at the Senator Theatre, Chico, California, where it raised $300,000 in war bonds.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on
November 8, 1943 with Fay Bainter, Wallace Beery, Noah Beery and Keye Luke reprising their film roles.
Helen Bailey (Marilyn Maxwell) drives a 1937 Ford convertible.