Final film of Jane Bryan (Kate). She retired from acting shortly after her marriage to devote herself to an industrialist Justin Dart, and they was happily married until his death in 1984.
Characters in the story refer to "Sesquicentennial." While the film was being shot in 1939, the United States was observing its Sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, since the establishment of the country when the federal government began operations in 1789.
All three lead actors, Ronald Reagan, Eddie Albert and Wayne Morris, returned for Brother Rat and a Baby (1940). Ray Enright was brought in to replace William Keighley as director, but the sequel retained the writing services of Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. Also returning were the three female leads, Priscilla Lane, Jane Bryan and Jane Wyman. Joining the cast was little tyke Peter B. Good, who played "Commencement," the baby of the title who causes much of the comic mischief that occurs during the 87 minutes of screen time (In England, the film was re-titled Baby Be Good).
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Tuesday 25 September 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Los Angeles Sunday 7 October 1956 on KTLA (Channel 5), in Bellingham WA Friday 19 October 1956 on KVOS (Channel 12), in Boston Monday 29 October 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Sacramento CA Saturday 3 November 1956 on KCRA (Channel 3), in Indianapolis Sunday 17 March 1957 on WFBM (Channel 6), in Phoenix Monday 17 June 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12), and in Portland OR Saturday 20 July 1957 on KOIN (Channel 6).