Rita Hayworth was going to star in this movie, but Hayworth requested script revisions, and went on suspension to avoid making it.
First of a three-picture contract with Columbia for Lucille Ball at $85,000 per film. The other two were En plein cirage (1950) and L'Aigle rouge de Bagdad (1951).
The underlying story in this film is the ongoing housing shortage in the U.S. after WWII. This was caused by several factors, among which were little new construction during the Depression and practically none during the war, and a sudden demand after the war as nine million servicemen were released from duty in 1945-46., along with well-paid war workers who had saved up and could afford a home for the first time. The shortage would not abate until the end of the 1950s.
Shot in just 15 days in March of 1949. In just 2 1/2 years, Lucille Ball would begin I Love Lucy (1951). And, in the next year after this film, William Holden would star in Boulevard du Crépuscule (1950) that would cement his career.
"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 19, 1950 with Lucille Ball reprising her film role.