The ships which appear as the opening credits role are the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVS-15) and the destroyer USS Barry (DD-933). The Barry is currently (2003) a museum ship in Washington, DC but the Randolph was scrapped in 1973.
The second of three Connie Francis films to include the phrase "the boys" in the title. The other two are Where the Boys Are (1960) and When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965).
Connie Francis released an LP called Follow The Boys, but of the 12 tracks on the album, only 5 or 6 were actually used in the film. Some of the tracks were instrumental.
Production documents list Tom Tully as Admiral, Richard Benjamin ( Paula Prentiss' real-life husband) as Aide to The Admiral, also Hugh McDermott as Wesson but they are not in the finished film
Richard Long's character tells the Paula Prentiss character he proposed marriage to her at age seven. In real life, she wasn't born until after his 12th birthday.
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