First of four screen pairings of Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland as headliners, being followed by Reap the Wild Wind (1942), The Crystal Ball (1943), and Kitty (1945): Goddard and Milland were also both featured in the Paramount specialty film Star Spangled Rhythm (1942). Milland was slated to be Goddard's leading man in Bride of Vengeance (1949) but refused the 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 initial television presentations took place in Seattle Thursday 28 October 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7) and in Omaha 15 January 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), and it soon became a popular local favorite as it was aired by Milwaukee 24 April 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), by Denver 30 May 1959 on KBTV), in Phoenix 22 August 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), by Grand Rapids 10 November 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), by Hartford 2 March 1960 on WTIC (Channel 3), by Miami 14 March 1960 on WTVJ (Channel 4), by Pittsburgh 7 July 1960 on KDKA (Channel 2), by San Francisco 28 July 1960 on KPIX (Channel 5), by Johnstown 18 September 1960 on WJAC (Channel 6), by Cincinnati 23 September 1960 on WKRC (Channel 12), and by Salt Lake City 24 October 1960 on KUTV (Channel 2)
Final film of Genia Nikolaieva.
In a retort to Kenneth, Sydney says, "I don't care if you courted Gargantua and got fleas." Her reference isn't to a dog but to a gorilla, Gargantua the Great, given his name by Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, which was saved from bankruptcy after the Congolese gorilla became its star following a sensational marketing campaign.
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