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1* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally conceived strictly as a drama, with no musical numbers.
2* NonSingingVoice: Creator/RitaHayworth's singing was dubbed by Anita Ellis, as Harry Cohn felt her voice wasn't strong enough. That said, her voice is heard when she strums "Put the Blame on Mame" on the guitar.
3* RealLifeRelative: The photo of Johnny Farrell as a baby is a picture of Creator/GlennFord's real-life son, Peter Ford.
4* ThoseTwoActors: This was the second of the five films starring Creator/RitaHayworth and Glenn Ford.
5* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
6** Creator/HumphreyBogart turned down the role of Johnny Farrell, because he feared that Creator/RitaHayworth would overshadow him.
7** Initially the story had an American setting, but it was quickly realized that the Buenos Aires setting allowed for a more sordid set of circumstances.
8* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: The script was not yet finished when filming began. According to choreographer Jack Cole,
9-->"The script pages would arrive practically the morning that we were going to shoot, they were making the picture up as we went along. If you really look, you can tell that was the way the picture was done because it doesn't really make any sense if you try to follow the story."

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