The movie was written by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph, and directed by Michael Curtiz. According to the special edition DVD, significant and uncredited improvements were made to the script by the famous "script doctors" twin brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein.
Muffle the drums.. and hope the new century comes? Was it all the amphetamine presidents and their busy wives Or did Manhattan crumble the day Maryland died? All your life you dreamed a dream Somehow connected with the silver screen With half closed eyes you realise It's love in the life that is paradise In a technicolour fade - I dream a parade Like some flob house - bop house serenade Every dog must have his day