During filming, Peter Lawford introduced Greer Garson to E.E. Fogelson, an oil-and-cattle millionaire from Texas, on this film set. Garson, who had recently been divorced from her Mrs. Miniver co-star, Richard Ney, met "Buddy," fell in love and married the next year. The marriage would last nearly 40 years until Fogelson's death.
Sixth of eight movies that paired Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. This was their fifth as a romantic couple. The film also marked Garson's first starring role in a slapstick comedy.
Elizabeth Taylor not only turned 16 while filming this movie, she also received her second on-screen kiss during it - from Peter Lawford. Her first on-screen kiss was in Cynthia (1947).
This film was director Jack Conway's final film; he died October 11, 1952, just four years later at age 65. Conway began his career in show business as a stage actor in 1907 and appeared in several silent films before directing his first picture in 1915. Conway directed many films for MGM, beginning with the studio's first sound picture, Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928).
Reginald Owen was barely recognizable, if not for his distinctive voice, as he was sporting a prosthetic nose.