Frank Faylen plays a cab driver in a scene with James Stewart. Six years later, Faylen again plays a cab driver opposite Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).
When Linda blows out Carrell's match in the bar, she's reacting to the old "three on a match" superstition.
James Stewart was on loan to Warner Brothers from MGM.
Last screen appearance of Genevieve Tobin (Amanda); she retired to become a full-time wife to director Keighley, whom she'd recently married.
The original play by S.N. Behrman opened out of town in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 31 March 1939. It then opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W. 47th St., on April 17, 1939 and ran for 185 performances until September.