One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. It's initial telecasts took place in Boston Tuesday 16 Septeember 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4) and in Chicago Sunday 4 January 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2); it first aired in Seattle 20 April 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), in Grand Rapids 5 August 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Milwaukee 30 September 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), in Omaha 20 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), in Hartford 26 November 1959 on WTIC (Channel 3), and in San Francisco 31 December 1959 on KPIX (Channel 5).