In this MGM Technicolor short, two of the songs by composer Nacio Herb Brown and lyricist Arthur Freed - "Broadway Melody" and "You Are My Lucky Star" - were to appear again in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Freed was the head of the musical unit at the studio, and his songs were used again and again in MGM pictures.
Filmed at the El Mirador Hotel which opened in 1928. During WWII, the U.S. Army purchased the hotel and turned it into a hospital for sick and injured soldiers from the Pacific Theater. After the war the property returned to private ownership and was again a destination for Hollywood stars. In 1972 it was sold to the adjacent hospital, now known as the Desert Regional Medical Center. in 1989 fire destroyed the original hotel building and the landmark tower which can be seen in a few shots in this picture. The hospital rebuilt the tower in 1991 from the original plans.
The dancing girls are The Fanchonettes. A fanchonette is a French tart, similar to a lemon meringue pie.