Planned to be shot in Technicolor, but made in black and white.
The fur coat running gag was based on the real-life ploy of talent agent Doc Shurr.
The vocals for Carmen D'Antonio were dubbed by Lois Hodnett.
The screenplay was based on a story by Jack McGowan and Dore Schary. Schary would go on to become head of MGM in the 1950s.
Johnny Brett:
[singing] So, move Grant's Tomb to Union Square / and put Brooklyn anywhere / but please, please / I'm down on my knees / don't monkey with Broadway!
Johnny Brett:
Nice black coffee for that nice black hangover.
Amy Blake, Casey's Secretary:
Why, you wear out 50 blondes to one cape.
Bob Casey:
You think it needs a new lining?
Amy Blake, Casey's Secretary:
You both do.
King Shaw:
The more I know about women, the less I know about women.
Johnny Brett:
Maybe someday you'll learn they're not all the same.
Continuity: When Johnny substitutes for King at the last minute, the costume fits the much smaller Johnny perfectly.
Follows
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Referenced in
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997) (TV)
Featured in
We Must Have Music (1942)
- brief clip featured in montage
That's Entertainment! (1974)
"Great Performances: The Fred Astaire Songbook (#19.4)" (1991)
"MGM: When the Lion Roars" (1992) (mini)
- Footage from this film was shown in this documentry.
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
"Broadway: The American Musical" (2004) (mini)
- Contains a scene of Fred Astaire and George Murphy dancing.