If a certain recurring melody sounds familiar, it's because it's been featured in several Hollywood films. "You Were Meant For Me" was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown and was first used in the 1929 musical "The Broadway Melody". It was later sung by Frank Morgan in the 1940 musical "Hullabaloo". But it's probably best known for being Cary Grant and Irene Dunne's theme song in 1941's "Penny Serenade" as well as Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds' rendition in "Singin' In The Rain" (1952). The unique melody can be heard at the end of the tennis scene going into the golf scene and while Colbert is carrying a suitcase down the stairs near the end of the movie, among others. The song is uncredited.
The insecticide DDT, which Macdonald Carey applies to his roses, was banned for agricultural use in the United States in 1972. DDT was a threat to wildlife, particularly birds, and was linked to cancer.
Hugh Halsworth (Macdonald Carey) drives a 1950 Ford Convertible.