Curiosidades

This film is generally credited with the first appearance of the "moon walk" dance step. It is performed by Bill Bailey, brother of Pearl Bailey.

During filming, the movie's black stars were told by the studio manager that they were not allowed to eat at the MGM commissary. When studio head Louis B. Mayer heard about this, he invited the black performers to join him instead in his private dining room. All the performers were allowed to eat in the commissary the following day.

MGM recycled some of its tornado footage from O Mágico de Oz (1939) for a key scene.

A scene showing Lena Horne singing "Ain't It the Truth" (written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) while taking a bath, was cut, but later appeared in the one-reel short subject Studio Visit (1946).

The film was to be released in black and white, but Vincente Minnelli thought that it may look better in sepia. They tested a section of the film in sepia, and all agreed to process the film in this color. In 2018, the George Eastman Museum screened a restored sepia-toned print of the film. Unfortunately, only a plain black and white print was used for the film's DVD release.