Wissenswertes

Jane Wyman's Oscar acceptance speech is reportedly the shortest on record for Best Actress: "I won this award by keeping my mouth shut, and I think I'll do it again."

Widely considered to be the first Hollywood film to openly tackle the subject of rape.

Jane Wyman became the first person since the silent era to win an Oscar without uttering a word, after sound was created; i.e., after Der Jazzsänger (1927) was released.

The story is based on an actual incident that took place on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Belinda MacDonald is based on Lydia Elizabeth Dingwell (1852-1931).

Stephen McNally, who played the hideous Locky McCormick here, played the saintly doctor in the Broadway production just to prove he could play either a friendly or a diabolical (evil) character role.