This musical was declared "morally objectionable" by the Catholic Church's National Legion of Decency for portraying divorce as respectable.
This is the only film in which José Iturbi starred as an actor rather than a performer or specialty act. As his acting ability was limited, the pianist played himself as a rule, as he does in this film. However, he had been presented as a married man with many children just two years earlier in Holiday in Mexico (1946), so his appearance as a bachelor in this film is jarring to those familiar with the MGM musical canon. It is a testament to filmmaking before the advent of television and home video, a time when most films were not likely to be seen or clearly remembered after their initial release.
Features one of very few roles given to veteran bit player Moyna MacGill (Mrs. Smith), enabling viewers to see and hear how closely her looks and voice resemble those of her more celebrated daughter, Angela Lansbury.
Despite the prodigious amount of music in the film, this is one of a small handful of MGM musicals that was not released as a soundtrack album on the MGM Records label.