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 Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Milwaukee Friday 1 May 1959 on WITI (Channel 6).
Panamint is a real ghost town near Death Valley in California.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 11, 1945 with Charles Ruggles and Ellen Drew reprising their film roles.