According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, the riverboat set was specifically built for this film and was the first permanent set of its kind.
According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, Ruth Hussey was slated to play Connie.
The newspaper article reads: "Oak Park Residents Demand Investigation of Gun-Fire. Mrs. Constance McBride, of fashionable Oak Park, today found herself in the center of a hot controversy between leading spiritualists and medicos."
"Authorities are of the opinion that some sort of trick is being played on Mrs. McBride."
"However, Mrs. McBride is positive the figure she fired at, was that of her late husband, Speed McBride, prominent garage owner. On the other hand, members of the medical profession claimed that this is impossible."
"Complaints filed by numerous residents of the community, demand some logical explanation of the seemingly careless use of..."
This is accompanied by a front-page photograph of Aunt Sophie, Constance and Gordon Tolliver.
"Authorities are of the opinion that some sort of trick is being played on Mrs. McBride."
"However, Mrs. McBride is positive the figure she fired at, was that of her late husband, Speed McBride, prominent garage owner. On the other hand, members of the medical profession claimed that this is impossible."
"Complaints filed by numerous residents of the community, demand some logical explanation of the seemingly careless use of..."
This is accompanied by a front-page photograph of Aunt Sophie, Constance and Gordon Tolliver.