A scene in which a group of children tar-and-feather another child was excluded from the final print at the request of the PCA.
Ethel Barrymore gets third billing, but she does not appear until 10 minutes from the end of the film.
According to the American Film Institute Catalog entry for this picture, the film rights to the novel passed through a number of hands - Paramount Pictures, director John Farrow, producer Marshall Grant, and finally to producer Charles K. Feldman.