This film was a success at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $583,000 ($8.5M in 2017) according to studio records.
MGM purchased the rights to the novel in 1940, intending to star Judy Garland, but she was deemed too old by the time production was ready, so Virginia Weidler was cast instead.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 20, 1943 with Virginia Weidler, Jean Porter and Edward Arnold reprising their film roles.
This was Virginia Weidler's penultimate film.