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; it's earliest documented telecast took place in Boston Saturday 20 September 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4); it first aired in Omaha Saturday 11 April 1959 on KETV (Channel 7) and in Seattle Tuesday 18 August 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7).