 Both a 12-foot shooting miniature and a full size mock-up of the steamboat were built for the Fox production; both were based on the original full sized 1909 "Clermont" reproduction that had been broken up several years before.The film, based on the play by Rida Johnson Young, was directed by Henry King, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and stars Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, and Richard Greene.On the Beach Boys' album "Holland" (1973), Fulton's steamer is featured in Dennis Wilson's song, "Steamboat."