Betty Grable starred in this as well as its 1950 remake, Wabash Avenue (1950), along with Victor Mature and Phil Harris.
"Coney Island" was presented as a one-hour adaptation on Lux Radio Theatre on April 17, 1944 with Dorothy Lamour and Alan Ladd playing the leads.
Another "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast was a 60-minute radio adaptation of this movie on September 30, 1946 with Betty Grable reprising her film role.
Another "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast was a 60-minute radio adaptation of this movie on September 30, 1946 with Betty Grable reprising her film role.
At the time they made this film together, Betty Grable and George Montgomery were on the ascendant and both under contract to 20th Century-Fox. Within a year, Grable rose to the #1 position on the Top Ten Box Office Stars list, while Montgomery would eventually catch on as a leading man, but in Westerns rather than musicals. They would enjoy successful careers for decades to come.