This movie was originally set to reunite the trio of stars of The More the Merrier (1943) - (Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn). Only Arthur and Coburn are in it. McCrea backed out before shooting started and was replaced by Lee Bowman.
At the beginning of the flashback, Jean Arthur and Lee Bowman are reunited at the bus station and you see Charles Coburn through glass doors sitting at the lunch counter and there's a bit of the "Damn the Torpedos" song Coburn sang in The More the Merrier (1943), apparently to remind the audience of his Oscar-winning performance.
Al Jolson made a studio recording of the song "Who Said Dreams Don't Come True?" (music and lyrics by Al Jolson, Harry Akst and Benny Davis), which originally was to be sung by Jolson over the opening credits. As release print begins, the melody is played without the Jolson vocal. His pre-recording still exists. Later in the movie, Bob Haymes croons the ditty.
One of Jean Arthur's final films under her contract with Columbia Pictures. She soon retired, but returned to the big screen for Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948) and George Stevens's Shane (1953).
Vickie Beaver's debut.