The director of the Production Code Administation (PCA) had MGM delete several gags that suggested Margot was pregnant, since, he said, illegitimacy could not be the basis for a comedy.
Thompson says he wants to get back to Wapakoneta, Ohio, which is a real town in the western part of the state, best known as the birthplace of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. It is also the birthplace of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dudley Nichols, who won for Le mouchard (1935).
At one time, both Marion Davies and Rosalind Russell were considered for the role played by Myrna Loy.
The $5,000 advance Thompson receives from Mr. Flandrin would equate to approximately $93,000 in 2020.
First of two films starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas - the other being Un million clefs en main (1948).