Although Stanley Donen and Gower Champion were credited with staging the musical numbers, Bob Fosse insisted on doing the choreography for his dance scenes.
Pretty much ended MGM's attempt at making stars of Gower Champion and Marge Champion. The film bombed at the box office and resulted in a loss of $1,156,000 according to studio records. They appeared in one more MGM film in 1955.
Along with Kiss Me Kate (1953) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), this is one of three musicals Bob Fosse made at MGM during the same year. Although Fosse devised his own dances in all three films, the studio did not recognize or nurture his choreographic talent. Realizing that Metro had no investment in him, Fosse left Hollywood and headed back to Broadway as choreographer for "The Pajama Game" (1954), which proved to be the turning point in his career. Fosse did make two more appearances as a performer during the golden age of movie musicals, in My Sister Eileen (1955) and Damn Yankees (1958), in which he made an unbilled guest appearance partnering Gwen Verdon for "Who's Got the Pain?", which he also staged.
One of the modest budget, B movie musicals MGM used in its golden age as a showcase for what they hoped were up and coming talents (as well as efficiently using contract players and existing sets).