One of over 700 Paramount 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. Its initial television broadcasts took place in Boston Thursday 9 October 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4) and in Seattle Wednesday 3 November 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired in St. Louis Thursday 8 January 1959 on KMOX (Channel 4), followed by Omaha 21 April 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), by Asheville 24 April 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), by Milwaukee 14 October 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), by Minneapolis 18 October 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), by Toledo 1 November 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), by Johnstown 20 November 1959 on WJAC (Channel 6) and by Phoenix 31 January 1960 on KVAR (Channel 12).