First film directed by actor Richard Haydn.
Filmed on the Paramount lot two years before "Sunset Boulevard," fans of the latter will recognize the same winding staircase that Gloria Swanson comes down for her C.B. DeMille closeup. Charles Brackett, producer/screenwriter of this film also co-wrote "Sunset."
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on
May 2, 1949 with John Lund reprising his film role.
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 Wednesday 1 January 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired in Omaha Sunday 8 March 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), and it soon became a popular local film favorite as it was next initially aired in Milwaukee 6 May 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), in Denver 27 May 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9), in Chicago 20 June 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Los Angeles 15 September 1959 on KNXT (Channel 2), in Grand Rapids 17 September 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Detroit 14 November 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Asheville 17 November 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), and in Indianapolis 10 April 1960 on WFBM (Channel 6).
Full page ads promoting the movie appeared in magazines such as LIFE, with Edgar Bergen's ventriloquist character "Charlie McCarthy" quoted as saying "It's funnier than Bergen in long underwear". The ads also featured Hirschfeld caricatures of the movie's stars.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
