Filmed between mid-December 1943 and May 17, 1944, the movie's wide release was held back until March 9, 1946, and then the picture's Manhattan opening at the Strand Theatre followed on March 15, 1946. Snipped out of the release print were several references to "ongoing" World War II, which had ended on August 14, 1945. Warner Bros. delayed the film hoping Robert Alda's next film, Rhapsodie en bleu (1945), would make him a star and that would boost this picture.
Warner Bros. had considered Jane Wyman and then Faye Emerson to play Judy Jones. Originally, Dennis Morgan had been slated for the male lead, the Tommy Coles character.
At lunch, Popik asks Judy to call him "Cuddles". That was S. Z. Sakall's real-life nickname.
The $10,000,000 inheritance would equate to about $159M in 2022.