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MGM loaned Ava Gardner to Universal Studios to make this movie. Universal sent her to sculptor Joseph Nicolosi to make a proper life-size statue of the goddess. Nicolosi's first statue was entirely nude, and the studio told the sculptor to go back and make a more modest goddess. Universal sent members of the press a small souvenir knockoff of the second statue as a promotional item. According to author Lee Server in his biography "Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing", Robert Walker was so infatuated with his co-star that when he found rival Howard Duff in her dressing room, he slapped Ava. She left the studio and filming ended.
The original plans for filming this property in 1945 for United Artists included Mary Martin (from the original cast) with Frank Sinatra, Clifton Webb and Bert Lahr, with Sam Coslow producing for Mary Pickford. Pickford felt that only Webb had any box-office pull and was hesitant to commit $2 million of her own money to the production. After much indecision she finally sold the rights to Lester Cowan at Universal.
Mary Pickford bought the screen rights to the original Broadway musical comedy for $150,000, intending to film it with the original cast, which included Mary Martin. The plan was abandoned after Martin became pregnant.
In March 1945, after Mary Pickford bought the rights to the play, she chose Gregory La Cava to direct the planned movie, which never came about. In July 1947 La Cava sued Pickford for $1,653,750, claiming she had broken their oral agreement.
In January 1945, Agnes de Mille, who choreographed the 1943 Broadway musical, originally was announced to choreograph the Mary Pickford planned screen version.
"Whitfield Savory: She reminds me of someone. Molly Grant: I wish she reminded me of me."
"Molly Grant: [to the statue] To Venus, the Goddess of Love! May she stay on the job and take care of all of us!"
