There was considerable pressure from the Hays Office to remove the examination scene from the movie, but MGM held firm, claiming they paid $100,000 for the rights to the play just for that particular scene. Eventually some aspects of that scene was removed when some exhibitors rejected the film. The TCM print contains the scene, but it may be the abbreviated version.
The lunch counter, Jigg and Whistle, is a play on Pig 'n' Whistle, a popular eatery on Hollywood Blvd. next to the fabled Egyptian Theatre.
One of the earliest films to feature the iconic top-shot kaleidoscopic dance numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley.