Lionel Barrymore's character is named Spring Davis, whose wife is played by Spring Byington.
This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Thursday 14 March 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by Altoona PA 18 March 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), by Chicago 4 April 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), by Philadelphia 7 April 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), by Cincinnati 7 May 1959 on WXIX (Channel 13) (Newport KY), by Portland OR 28 June 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), by Norfolk VA 16 July 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), by Baltimore 5 October 1957 on WJZ (Channel 13), by Tampa 8 October 1957 on WFLA (Channel 8), and by Honolulu 7 November 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13); in New York City its earliest documented airing took place 10 December July 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2); in San Francisco it was first telecast 19 March 1960 on KGO-TV (Channel 7);
Lux Radio Theatre version starring Lionel Barrymore, Anne Shirley, and Porter Hall aired July 6, 1936.
Based on a novel of the same name by MacKinlay Kantor.
Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan appeared in four films together. The others were David Copperfield (1935), The Devil-Doll (1936), and A Yank at Oxford (1938).