In real life, Wallace Beery was five months older than George Cleveland, who played his father-in-law in the film.
Jane Powell and Kathryn Grayson received credit for introducing the same movie song in the same year. Showcased in two Technicolor productions from Joe Pasternak is the sprightly refrain "Love Is Where You Find It" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Earl K. Brent). Powell's rendition comes early in this movie, and Grayson has been praised by movie fans and critics for the best song performance in the lavish costume musical The Kissing Bandit (1948). While Powell had no commercial record for sale, MGM Records issued as a single Grayson's pre-recordings of this lilt and another song from her vehicle, "What's Wrong With Me?" (music by Brown, lyrics by Edward Heyman). Grayson's two vocals grace a CD devoted to her, called "My Heart Sings", released by Flare, a British label.
This movie was a big hit at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $1,495,000 ($18.4 million in 2022) according to studio records.
Carmen Miranda (Rosita Conchellas) enjoyed her biggest movie-song hit with the jaunty travel tune, "Cuanto la Gusta" (music by Gabriel Ruiz, lyrics by Ray Gilbert). Miranda's Decca single, blending her with The Andrews Sisters, peaked at number twelve on "Billboard", where the song had a fourteen-week stay. In this movie, Miranda's song and samba had the backing of Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra. On Columbia Records, Xavier Cugat without Miranda scored a "Billboard"-charting success.