Actress Helen Twelvetrees sued, claiming that the film was based on her and her actor and stuntman husband Jack Woody's life story. She won her case in January 1943 but was awarded only $1,100 ($16,750 in 2019).
In the final scenes, Steve is depicted as flying a Stearman C3-B, registration NC4099 (changed to NX4099 for this film). The plane has the distinctive scalloped tail design indicating it belongs to Paul Mantz who provided aviation services to the film industry for over 35 years. This plane can also be seen in Central Airport (1933), Power Dive (1941), and Yukon Flight (1940).
One of the airplanes Steve is shown barnstorming in is a relatively rare Fleet Model 2, registration NC404K. Only 203 were built. This plane was registered until 1956.
The director named Fred is then-retired director Fred Niblo, essentially playing himself; he's best known for such silent classics as "The Mark of Zorro," "Blood and Sand" and "Ben-Hur."
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Philadelphia Tuesday 10 July 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Altoona Friday 10 August 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Detroit Thursday 23 August 1956 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Columbus Saturday 8 September 1956 on WLW-C (Channel 8), and in Dallas Wednesday 3 October 1956 on WBAP (Channel 5). By this time it had now established itself as a high rating, popular local audience favorite and went on to enjoy initial telecasts in New York City Friday 23 November 1956 on WOR (Channel 9), in St. Petersburg Thursday 13 December 1956 on WSUN (Channel 38), in Milwaukee Saturday 15 December 1956 on WITI (Channel 6), in Chicago Tuesday 18 December 1956 on WBKB (Channel 7), in Los Angeles Saturday 22 December 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), in Atlanta Friday 28 December on WLW-A (Channel 11), and, finally, in Washington DC Saturday 2 March 1957 on WTTG (Channel 5).
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