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 initial television presentation took place in Chicago Saturday 21 February 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2). As a result of minimal sponsor interest, it was not taken out of the vaults again until it aired in Toledo 5 November 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), in Johnstown 1 December 1959 on WJAC (Channel 6), In Omaha 26 December 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), and in Salt Lake City 20 April 1960 on KUTV (Channel 2).