One of over seven hundred Paramount Pictures Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since. This movie's initial telecast took place in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, January 5, 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), followed by Omaha, Nebraska on January 29, 1959 on KETV (Channel 7) and in Denver 22 May 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9); . It first aired in Los Angeles, California and Asheville, North Carolina on September 16, 1959 on KNXT (Channel 2) and WLOS (Channel 13), followed by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 29, 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10), by Johnstown, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1959 on WJAC (Channel 6), by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), by Detroit, Michigan on October 28, 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2), by Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 17, 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), and by Phoenix, Arizona on December 26, 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these movie showings were all still in black-and-white. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these movies in their original Technicolor until several years later.