Aspen Pictures, owned by Mark Robson and Robert Wise, bought two stories from James A. Michener's anthology "Return to Paradise." After Robson filmed one of the stories as Return to Paradise (1953) with Gary Cooper, they ran out of funding and had to sell the rights to the other story, "Until They Sail" to Burt Lancaster. Although the two films' plots differ greatly, some modern sources attribute Until They Sail (1957) as a remake of the earlier film, also set in World War II South Pacific. Some years later, it ended up with Charles Schnee at MGM. At one time, MGM wanted Glenn Ford for lead Marine. Later, Wise was at Metro and he asked to film the property as his last film of his contract with the studio.
Sandra Dee's debut ("Evelyn Leslie") But, the 1957 Soviet animated feature The Snow Queen (1957) is often listed as Dee's first film credit, because she and other Hollywood stars did the voices for the English-language version, but that English-language audio was not actually made until 1959.
After setting up the map, the women make tea. Tea was rationed in New Zealand beginning in June 1942. It was initially limited to eight ounces per person per month. In November 1943 it was adjusted to two ounces per week per person over the age of nine. Tea rationing would not end in New Zealand until 31 May 1948.