Trivia / The Strawberry Blonde

• Creator's Favorite Episode: James Cagney and Raoul Walsh each considered this film the favorite of their own films.
• Dawson Casting: James Cagney was in his forties playing someone who's supposed to be in his thirties (though in this case, it's justified by the fact most of the movie is told in flashback).
• Playing Against Type: Raoul Walsh, better known for making gangster films like The Roaring '20s and High Sierra, switches over to a romantic comedy here.
• Playing with Character Type: James Cagney plays a character who gets into fights and gets thrown into jail, only this time, it's in a romantic comedy, he loses all of the fights, and he gets thrown into jail for a white-collar crime (where he's The Scapegoat).
• Star-Making Role: For Rita Hayworth.
• Underage Casting: Alan Hale, who plays Cagney's father, was only seven years older than Cagney in real life.
• What Could Have Been: Ann Sheridan was originally cast as Virginia, but she became involved in a salary dispute with Warner Brothers.^note Ironically, this movie was double-billed with another romantic comedy starring Sheridan, Honeymoon For Three.