It referenced several earlier hits of Neagle, including Nell Gwynn (1934) and Victoria the Great (1938). The film was made by Everest Pictures, a new production company from producer-director Herbert Wilcox. Wilcox had just made three films in collaboration with Republic Pictures, and hoped for them to finance films of two Ivor Novello musicals _he_had purchased. <sep>, Pronoun: he