When the film played in Tampa, FL, for an adults-only audience, a married couple was turned away because the wife was only 20 years old. The woman, it turned out, had appeared in the film. Ironically, she was old enough to appear fully nude in the film, but too young to see herself nude in the film.
Debut of Karen Sue Trent. She was seven years old during filming, including her nude scenes. She later went on to appear in episodes of mainstream TV shows including 14 episodes of Leave It to Beaver (1957).
In 1957 the film's producers, Excelsior Pictures, sued the state of New York for refusing to grant the film a license to be shown in that state because the state censors--in this case, the Regents of the University of New York--deemed it to be "obscene" because it shows full frontal nudity. The New York Court of Appeals ruled that nudity, in and of itself, is not obscene and that this film, and by extension any nudist film, could be shown in the state.
According to historian Eric Schaefer, this was the first film about nudism shot in color.
Submitted to the British Board of Film Censors by Eros Films, but refused a certificate on 4 January 1955. Nevertheless, the London County Council considered the film harmless enough to award a local "U" certificate (viewable by all ages) on 2 October 1956, and the film duly opened at the Paris Pullman cinema in January 1957. By the end of the year Eros had persuaded a further 180 local authorities to pass the film, and when the number reached 300 the BBFC had to concede defeat. An official "A" certificate (allowing children to see it if accompanied by an adult) was issued on July 10, 1958 and there weren't even any cuts. The distribution was taken up by Orb Films.