One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Friday 21 November 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired in Omaha Thursday 2 April 1959 on KETV (Channel 7); in Denver it first aired 10 September 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9), in Toledo 19 September 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), in Milwaukee 20 October 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), in Pittsburgh 21 October 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Grand Rapids 6 January 1960 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Huntington WV 16 January 1960 on WHTN (Channel 13), in Chicago 7 March 1960 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Columbus 12 May 1960 on WBNS (Channel 10), in Johnstown 26 June 1960 on WJAC (Channel 6), and in Detroit 28 July 1960 on WJBK (Channel 2).
Barbara Jo Allen (as Barbara Allen) is listed in the credits as Vera Vague, her radio character name which she eventually adopted, much as Eddie Anderson was often billed as "Rochester."