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 presentation took place in Chicago Saturday 31 January 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2); it first aired in Seattle 21 May 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7); it was sent back to the vaults, and remained on the shelf for almost a year before it was aired again, in Phoenix 18 March 1960 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Detroit 26 March 1960 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Toledo 13 April 1960 on WTOL (Channel 11), in Johnstown 28 May 1960 on WJAC (Channel 6), in St. Louis 8 July 1960 on KMOX (Channel 4), and, finally, in Philadelphia 29 December 1960 on WCAU (Channel 10).