The roles played by John Payne and Margaret Lindsay were originally intended for Dick Powell and Bette Davis. Powell took a layoff rather than make this film.
Hal Wallis recounted in his autobiography that both he and Jack Warner were so annoyed by Berkeley's behavior during filming that they were forced to fire him. This film marked the end of the elaborately produced musicals at Warner Brothers during the 1930s.
According to 'Ronnie Defore', who maintains a fan website on his father at www.defore.net, Don DeFore' appeared uncredited in this film.
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Rosella Towne (Secretary), Jack Mower (Waiter), Hal Craig (Detective), John Harron (Photographer), Don DeFore (Cowboy Buck Delanye) and Sonny Chorre (Leaping Deer).
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Friday 28 September 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Albuquerque Friday 5 October 1956 on KOAT (Channel 7), in New York City Sunday 21 October 1956 on WABD (Channel 5), in Boston Wednesday 7 November 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Indianapolis Thursday 6 December on WTTV (Channel 10), in San Francisco Monday 10 December 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Cincinnati Sunday 3 March 1957 on WKRC (Channel 12), in Salt Lake City Thursday 21 March 1957 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Phoenix Thursday 28 March 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12).