Trivia

Tone-deafGloria Grahamesang without dubbing. Her songs had to be edited together from recordings made almost literally note by note.

Shirley Jones' film debut.

The ending scene in the "Kansas City" routine proved to be rewarding forLizanne TruexandJane Fischer.Jumping off a moving train into the arms of the waiting cowboys required perfect timing. Just before the first take, a union representative called for an adjustment, which turned out to be $250 in hazard pay for each jump. Seven takes later, directorFred Zinnemannwas satisfied. Truex remarked that they must remember to call for an adjustment more often as she had a 1951 Ford to pay off.

The song "Kansas City" was edited for censors. Will sang it, "I could swear that she was padded from her shoulders to her heel. And then she started dancing and her dancing made me feel that every single thing she had was absolutely real." In the original play script it went, "I could swear that she was padded from her shoulders to her heels. And later in the second act when she began to peel. She proved that everything she had was absolutely real."

Finding "corn as high as an elephant's eye" proved to be quite a challenge. Since filming was to take place out of season, no tall cornfields were to be found anywhere. The job was given to the people of the University of Arizona Agricultural Department, who planted each stalk in individual containers and held their breath. With rain and good luck, the corn grew to a height of 16 feet, causingOscar Hammersteinto quip: "The corn is now as high as the eye of an elephant on top of another elephant."