Set in wartime Washington, with at least one scene appearing to be set in the actual White House, the production was entirely shot on Warner Bros. Studio 1 backlots in Burbank, California [REF].
The composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricists Edward "Yip" Harburg and Ira Gershwin who had earlier written the featured song, "Honorable Moon" (1941), donated the money they received from Warner Bros. to the United China Relief organization [REF].