Originally developed as a vehicle for Gary Cooper and Elissa Landi, but Cooper changed his mind after deciding that a love story about a duchess and a waiter wasn't for him and turned down the role. The parts were eventually given to Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle.
John Paul Jones, of American Revolution history, actually served in the Russian navy and achieved the rank of admiral. He had been asked by Catherine the Great of Russia to help her naval forces against the Ottoman Empire in the Black Sea. Jones received permission from the U.S. to serve abroad. While his expertise helped the Russian navy, some of the top Russians of noble rank resented him, and a great scandal later erupted when he was in St. Petersburg. Investigations and later historical searches confirmed that Jones had been the victim of a plot to discredit him. He died at age 45 in Paris, and was buried there. In 1905, a search for his remains was successful, and he was moved to the U.S. and buried at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised. It was released on DVD 10 November 2010 as one of six titles in the Bing Crosby Collection, part of the Universal Backlot Series, again 11 November 2014 as one of 24 titles in Universal's Bing Crosby Silver Screen Collection, and again as a single 21 June 2016 as part of the Universal Vault Series.
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