Wissenswertes

Betty Grable starred in this as well as its 1950 remake, Varieté-Prinzessin (1950), along with Victor Mature and Phil Harris.

"Coney Island" was presented as a one-hour adaptation on Lux Radio Theatre on April 17, 1944 with Dorothy Lamour and Alan Ladd playing the leads.

Another "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast was a 60-minute radio adaptation of this movie on September 30, 1946 with Betty Grable reprising her film role.

The "Miss Lulu from Louisville" number features Betty Grable in a Blackface number.

Betty Grable's dance partner during the "Danger in a Dance" number was choreographer Hermes Pan.

At the time they made this film together, Betty Grable and George Montgomery were on the ascendant and both under contract to 20th Century-Fox. Within a year, Grable rose to the #1 position on the Top Ten Box Office Stars list, while Montgomery would eventually catch on as a leading man, but in Westerns rather than musicals. They would enjoy successful careers for decades to come.