Silent film legend Lillian Gish was 93 when she co-starred in this film, making her the oldest actress ever to feature in a leading role.
According to director Lindsay Anderson, one day he said to Lillian Gish, "Miss Gish, you have just given me a perfect close-up." Bette Davis observed, "She should. She invented 'em."
Final theatrical feature film of actress Ann Sothern before her death on 15th March 2001 at the age of 92.
Reportedly, actress Lillian Gish received about a ten minute standing ovation when she attended the film's screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.
This is the last feature film of Ann Southern who died at 92 on March 5, 2001, ending a career that began in 1927 with "Broadway Nights." She and Davis, who would appear in one more film before her death in 1989 at 81, had played sisters in "Three on a Match" in 1932.