This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's...

A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering...

Dave Apollon & His Orchestra "Trees", "The Lady in Red", "Born to Swing" and "Shine".