The scene in which Katharine Hepburn's character is riding up a hill on a bicycle was intended to be shot with a stunt double, but Hepburn insisted on doing it herself. After she fell off the bicycle several times, she overheard a crew member say, "God, she got old." She approached him, said, "You're right. I have", signaled for the stunt double to take over, and went back to her hotel.
The original Broadway stage production of "The Corn Is Green" starred legendary actress Ethel Barrymore and opened at the National Theatre in New York on 26 November 1940 until it closed on 9 September 1941. It transferred to the Royale Theatre on the latter date and played at the new venue until 17 January 1942. In total at the two theaters, the inaugural Broadway production ran for 477 performances. The stage play has been revived on Broadway at least on three further occasions, with seasons during 3 May 1943 - 19 Jun 1943 at the Martin Beck Theatre; 11 January 1950 - 22 January 1950 at the City Center; and 22 August 1983 - 18 September 1983 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Second and final of the only two made-for-TV movies directed by veteran George Cukor. The first was Love Among the Ruins (1975), which also starred Katharine Hepburn.
Broadcast 34 years after the first adaptation of the 1940 play was filmed.