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 earliest documented telecast took place in Omaha Wednesday 6 May 1959 on KETV (Channel 7); it first aired in Seattle Thursday 12 November 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7).
According to director Mitchell Leisen, "rubber cement, tape, and everything else" were used to keep up the bodice of the dress of Dorothy Lamour so that it would not descend to below Production Code limitations.
Virginia Duffy's debut.
Paramount elected to utilize "Masquerade in Mexico" as a vehicle to re-team Dorothy Lamour and Arturo de Córdova who had memorably co-starred in A Medal for Benny (1945). Originally, Paramount had cast the female lead with the studio's star actress Paulette Goddard, with whom director Mitchell Leisen had collaborated with great success on Hold Back the Dawn (1941) and Kitty (1945), and would subsequently collaborate with on Suddenly It's Spring (1947) (a hit) and Bride of Vengeance (1949) (a flop).