Trivia

Was Jane Wyman's favorite role.

Features Joan Blondell's only Oscar nominated performance.

An uncredited Busby Berkeley directed the musical sequence in which Joan Blondell sings "Daddy."

Prior to production, Bette Davis was front-runner for role eventually played by Jane Wyman.

In several scenes set in the 1920s, a character refers to Beirut, Syria. This may seem like a mistake, but in the 1920s Beirut was in Syria. Lebanon, with Beirut as its capital, did not become an independent country until 1943.