According to a studio press book on this movie, the demolition of the Alhambra Theatre was delayed so that it could be used for staging the play "Othello" for this production.
This movie was included in the first syndicated television presentation of a package of major studio movies on U.S. television; it premiered in Detroit on Sunday, May 30, 1948 ON WWJ (Channel 4), followed by Buffalo on Sunday June 6, 1948 on WBEN (Channel 4), by Philadelphia on Friday, June 18, 1948 on WFIL (Channel 6), by Boston on Sunday, June 27, 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4), by Chicago on Monday, July 5, 1948 on WGN (Channel 9), by Cleveland on Sunday, July 25, 1948 on WEWS (Channel 5), by St. Louis on Sunday, September 26, 1948 on KSD (Channel 5), by Baltimore on Saturday, November 20, 1948 on WMAR (Channel 2), and by New York City on Friday December 3, 1948 on WPIX (Channel 11). The package consisted of twenty-four Alexander Korda productions originally released theatrically between 1933 and 1942.
Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's "Othello".
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