This movie departs from its predecessor, Le bal du printemps (1951), in three main ways. Firstly, the film opens with Stella breaking the fourth wall, addressing the audience directly as she introduces the Winfield family. Secondly, the musical numbers are played like a traditional musical, while the original movie incorporated the songs more organically within the story. Finally, the bespectacled music teacher, although the same basic character with the same mannerisms, has a different name and is played by a different actor, the only member of the cast who did not carry over from the original film.
Studio rumors suggested that recently signed contract player Merv Griffin was being groomed to replace Gordon McRae as Doris Day's leading man in this film. Instead, Griffin was cast in the cameo role of the announcer at the town's ice-skating rink, and only spoke one line: "Everybody grab your girl and start skating!"
Selections from the film score were featured on a Doris Day 10-inch LP for Columbia which crested in third place on the "Billboard" popular albums chart.
The Kewpie doll that the Doris Day character sings to in the earlier musical "On Moonlight Bay" is seen on her bedroom shelf in this sequel.