Originally shot and edited in 3-D, the idea of this film was to for the audience to experience a major Broadway show in the best seat in the house for the price of a movie ticket. Unfortunately, the film was released flat when the 3-D craze ended and no longer exists in that format. The broadcast version now used is the truncated version. According to The 3D Film Archive "the only material in the United Artists archive is an edited 35mm release print of the right side. That is the version which has been released on home video and it's missing about 15 minutes of footage. There are no negatives, color separations, inter-positives, dupe negatives, nothing. However, the missing 15 minutes does survive in both an uncut 16mm Kodachrome print struck in 1954 and an original, faded 35mm release print now at the UCLA Film and Television Archive."
Rose Marie said that the producer cut all her musical numbers from the film because she turned down his sexual advances.
Director Alfred E. Green had long struggled with arthritis, and he was so crippled by the disease at this point in his life that he was often unable to leave the director's chair. Producer Albert Zugsmith had to direct many scenes himself, although he didn't take screen credit.
Phil Silvers won the 1952 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "Top Banana" for the role of Jerry Biffle which he recreated in the movie.
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