Edmund Gwenn's character claims to be 64 but we find out he's really 67. In reality, he was 73 years old when he made this film.
In her 2011 autobiography, "Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir", Piper Laurie alleged that she lost her virginity to Ronald Reagan while they were filming this movie together. At the time, Reagan was 39, while Laurie was 18; in the film, Reagan plays her father.
Boasts two supporting actor Oscar winners: Edmund Gwenn for Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and Charles Coburn for The More the Merrier (1943).
The romantic triangle duplicates the one in "The Devil and Miss Jones" (1941).