In the original West End production at His Majesty's Theatre, Lupino starred alongside Sally Gray who had appeared with him in a number of films.

[1] It is set in Hollywood where a stuntman can't get his girlfriend to marry him until she has made a success in films.

By some accounts it was the first new musical staged in London since the outbreak of the Second World War.

As he grew increasingly ill, Lupino had to step down from his role and was replaced by Bobby Howes.

[2] In 1947 it was adapted for the 1947 Swedish musical film Don't Give Up.