The real Eddie Cantor appears as himself in support of Will Rogers, Jr. who portrays his father, a contemporary of Cantor's. The next year Rogers, Jr. would return the favor, again appearing as his father in The Eddie Cantor Story. Both films were made by Warner Brothers.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on
Janaury 12, 1953 with Will Rogers Jr. and Jane Wyman reprising their film roles.
After the prologue and credits, the film starts in Oologah, Oklahoma Territory, just after "the turn of the century" (1900). At that time Oologah had a population of about 310 people.
During the production, director Michael Curtiz asked some Black extras to get back from a part of the set and he called them Ne....The assistant director came to Curtiz and asked him to apologize, because Ne...was an insult designing colored people. So Curtiz apologized and resumed by saying : " Get back colored Neg...."