The film lost $222,000 at the box office and was Katharine Hepburn's third flop in a row, after Sylvia Scarlett (1935) and Mary of Scotland (1936). Her film after this was the flop Quality Street (1937). A survey of exhibitors declared her "box office poison" in 1938.
The book of acceptable female behavior that Miss Piper reads to Pamela and her sister is "The Daughters of England" by Sarah Stickney Ellis.
Florence Rice was in a cast list in a 1936 Hollywood Reporter article, but she was not seen in the film.
Madame Tussauds has become a global brand in the decades since the film was set. As of 2022, the flagship London branch survived the pandemic and is again welcoming visitors.
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