Originally to be titled "The Gay Days of Victor Herbert."
First film appearance of Mary Martin. She had previously provided the singing voices for Gypsy Rose Lee and Margaret Sullavan in earlier films.
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 first documented telecast took place in Boston Sunday 9 November 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4); it next aired in Philadelphia Sunday 15 March 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10) and in Seattle Friday 20 March 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), followed by Pittsburgh 10 April 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2) and by Denver 9 May 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9); after that time, it was put back on the shelf for a while until legal problems were eventually untangled; a half year later, the flood gates opened, and in San Francisco, it was initially aired Sunday 20 December 1959 on KPIX (Channel 5), followed by Milwaukee 22 December 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), by Indianapolis 27 December 1959 on WFBM (Channel 6), by Omaha 1 January 1960 on KETV (Channel 7), by Grand Rapids 14 January 1960 on WOOD (Channel 8), by Toledo 16 January 1960 on WTOL (Channel 11), by Los Angeles 14 February 1960 on KNXT (Channel 2) and, finally, by New York City 27 May 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).
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By what name was The Great Victor Herbert (1939) officially released in India in English?
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