Their work earned them a two-picture deal with Universal, and their next film, Buck Privates, made them bona fide stars.

[2] It was filmed as a silent movie in 1919 as Love Insurance by Paramount Pictures with Bryant Washburn and Lois Wilson, and in 1925 by Universal as The Reckless Age.

The policy is underwritten by a tough nightclub impresario, Roscoe, who dispatches agents Abbott and Costello to ensure that the wedding goes off as planned in San Marcos in the Caribbean.

[2] With music by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, it was originally planned for production in 1936 with a different cast but temporarily shelved due to financial troubles at Universal.

[6] Just prior to the beginning of production, on August 21, 1940, Jones and Cummings were guests on Abbott and Costello's radio show and promoted the film.