This production marked the first time that a musical work by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Harry Warren was used in a film.
A popular misconception is that all musicals following The Broadway Melody (1929) featured pre-recorded soundtracks for the musical numbers. This is not true, as most musicals in the first wave of early talkies were churned out so quickly that there was seldom time for pre-or post-recording. The musical numbers for Spring is Here (1930) were clearly recorded on the set, evidenced by the execution of "With a Song in My Heart," in which Lawrence Gray and Bernice Claire each make errors in their rendition of the lyrics. Obviously, the song was not as well known then as it is now but, even so, the powers that be clearly did not go back to rectify the errors in post- recording. Another giveaway of on-set recording is the seemingly perfect lip-synching of this era; had prerecording been used as widely as once believed, modern-day audiences would be able to spy far more errors in synching.
Completed in 1929, and bearing a 1929 (MCMXXIX) copyright notice on the title card, but not released until 1930.
Ford Sterling and Louise Fazenda, who played heroine Bernice Claire's parents, were both veterans of Mack Sennett's Keystone studios in the silent era.