Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara became inseparable friends while shooting this film, and remained lifelong friends until Ball's death in 1989. O'Hara was having lunch with her when Ball first saw her future husband Desi Arnaz.
Lucille Ball met her future husband, Desi Arnaz, while she was shooting the picture. On the very day she first met him, she was made-up to look like she had just emerged from a catfight with scratches, a black eye and bandages which resulted in Arnaz not paying much attention to her. The next time he saw her, she was not in costume and he was instantly smitten.
Ironically, in later years, star Lucille Ball, would buy the RKO (the company that made this film) sound stages and back lot. The former RKO real estate was incorporated into the Desilu empire.
A critical and commercial failure in its day, RKO ended up losing $400,000 over the film's underperformance.
Though she was usually dubbed in her other musicals, Lucille Ball sang for herself in this film.