Maurice Giraud (Herbert) is sent to New York to arrange for the Academy Ballet of America to come to Paris to compete for cash prizes at an international dance festival, but a cabbie takes him by mistake to the Club Ballé, a nightclub about to go under.
"I Wanna Go Back to Bali", "Latin Quarter" (a song which was later used frequently in Warner Bros. cartoons featuring Pepé Le Pew), "Let's Drink to a Dream", "Put That Down in Writing", "Stranger in Paree", and "Waltz of the Flowers" were their creations in this film.
Led by Freddie Fisher, who played woodwinds, sang, and also composed the songs "Colonel Corn" and "Old Hank" for the band, the band consisted of Stanley Fritts (trombone, drums, jug, washboard), Nels Laakso (cornet, trumpet), Paul Cooper (piano), Kenneth Trisko (drums), and Charles Koenig (string bass, tuba).
The band broke up shortly after doing the film, with Fritts taking some of the members east to become the "Korn Kobblers", and Fisher staying in Hollywood to open a nightclub, where he appeared billed as "The Original Colonel of Corn".
[7][9][10][11][12][13] On September 16, 2008, Warner Bros. released the picture as a Region 1 DVD as part of a four-film box set titled "The Busby Berkeley Collection, Vol.