The Kentucky Derby footage was the actual 1955 race, won by Swaps (Willie Shoemaker up) over over Nashua (Eddie Arcaro up.)
Something of a movie comeback for nearly 19-year-old Margaret O'Brien after being away from the screen since 1952, this picture failed to garner a contemporary New York Times review. This fate was shared by her previous vehicle, Her First Romance (1951).
In 1957, Walter Brennan and Madge Blake would be reunited on the television series The Real McCoys.