Originally planned as a vehicle for Jean Arthur (who had tested for the role of Scarlett O'Hara). She had to drop out of "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" after being tied up at RKO with "The Devil and Miss Jones". Mary Martin was cast in the role meant for Arthur.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Wednesday 10 December 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); on Friday 30 October 1959 it was telecast in both Johnstown PA & Omaha NE on Channels WJAC (Channel 6) & KETV (Channel 7).
In the title song, Mary Martin tells a man she calls "Daddy" that "my heart belongs to you." This is a nod to her first hit, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."
Final film of Earlene Heath.