 RKO purchased the rights to the play for $15,000, specifically to  star Frank Sinatra (qv), and the four songs he sings by  Jimmy McHugh (qv) and Harold Adamson (qv) were written to  accommodate his singing style. He was billed third because the  contracts with Michèle Morgan (qv)s and Jack Haley (I) (qv)s  prevented higher billing.