The onscreen credits for the source are "Collier's magazine stories" by Richard English, but the Screen Achievements Bulletin credits only "Strictly Ding Dong" in the Collier's issue of 25 June 1938. Perhaps "Ding Dong Gives" in Collier's issue of 28 October 1939, and other Richard English stories were also sources.
According to a story in the Hollywood Reporter, this was to be the first in a series of movies based on the Ding Dong character, but no other movie was ever made.
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Altoona PA Thursday 30 August 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), followed by Philadelphia Tuesday 4 September 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6); it first aired in Los Angeles Friday 28 September 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), in WIlkes-Barre PA Tuesday 9 October 1956 on WILK (Channel 34), in New York City Saturday 27 October 1956 on WOR (Channel 9), in Boston Tuesday 13 November 1956 on WNAC (Channel 7), in San Francisco Saturday 17 November 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Memphis Wednesday 21 November 1956 on WHBQ (Channel 13), in Detroit Monday 17 December 1956 on WJBK (Channel 2), and in St. Petersburg 31 December 1956 on WSUN (Channel 38).
In "Dick Tracy" (1945), a scene is set outside a theater showing "Deadline at Dawn" and "Ding Dong Williams."