 But, despite containing some of Gene Kelly's best dancing and a very imaginative Arabian Nights' partly animated children's ballet with a talented ten year old David Kasday dancing a duet with Kelly, the film failed to find an audience.Consequently, the movie was a financial failure.According to MGM records it only earned $200,000 in the US and Canada and $415,000 elsewhere recording a loss of $2,523,000, making it the studio's biggest flop of the year.