Curiosidades

Film debut of Danny Thomas.

According to studio records, this film lost $1,797,000 for MGM ($19.4M in 2016 dollars). This was the first film produced by Joe Paternak at MGM to lose money.

The $95.50 for the hat equates to around $1,200 in 2021.

The role of La Dorina was written with Vera Zorina in mind.

The source novel "La mort du cygne" (Death of the Swan) had previously been made into a beautiful French film ten years earlier, tt0143749, with all the dancers' parts, including all the children, played by trained ballet dancers.