director Stanley Donen (qv)  reused a huge repertoire of popular songs from earlier musicals, the  duo also looted the MGM warehouses for props and vehicles. The car  Debbie Reynolds (I) (qv) drives at the beginning of the film was  actually Andy Hardys old jalopy. The mansion in which Kelly lives  was decorated with tables, chairs, carpets and other items that were  used for John Gilbert (I) (qv) and Greta Garbo (qv)s passionate  romantic drama, _Flesh and the Devil (1926)_ (qv).