Was originally planned as an Eleanor Powell movie, but studio executives decided to use it as a vehicle for Lana Turner.
Other members of Artie Shaw's orchestra who appear in this film, without individual screen credit, include Hank Freeman (alto saxophonist), Georgie Auld (tenor saxophonist), Bernie Privin (trumpet), Chuck Peterson (trumpet), Harry Rodgers (trombonist), Les Jenkins (trombonist), George Arus (trombonist), Bob Kitsis (piano) and Buddy Rich (drums).
This film was only a modest success at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $21,000 ($367,000 in 2017) according to studio records.
Based on the short story "The Dancing Co-Ed" by Albert Treynor that appeared in the September, 1938 edition of The American Magazine.
Eddie Conrad (Professor) and Evelyn Woodbury (Nurse) are two actors in studio records for their roles, but they were not seen in the movie.