Anecdotes

Gary Cooper considered himself miscast in this film.

Marion Davies, Claudette Colbert and Fredric March were all considered for the lead roles.

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 100 America's Greatest Love Stories movies.

One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929-49, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Monday 15 December 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired in Omaha Thursday 11 June 1959 on KETV (Channel 11); it was first released to DVD 31 May 2005 as one of four titles in Universal's Gary Cooper Franchise Collection.