This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
- Advertisements for the film touted 'Fred Astaire' (qv) and
'Ginger Rogers' (qv) as ``The King and Queen of the Carioca'' in reference
to their previous film, "Flying Down to Rio" (qv).
- 'Helen Broderick' (qv) was asked to play the role of Hortense but was
unavailable.
- The bugle call at the beginning of the ``Don't Let It Bother You''
dance was developed from clowning during rehearsals, and became an in-joke
in future Astaire-Rogers films.
 
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