- He and then wife Betty Jaynes were taken on by MGM as back-ups to Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Glossy operettas were losing their staying power on film, however, and neither became stars as a result. Douglas took it particularly hard. He and Betty later divorced and he subsequently took his own life.
- In Babes in Arms, both Douglas and Betty got to sing "Where or When" together with Judy Garland, and sang and danced to "God's Country" with Garland and Mickey Rooney.
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