Bette Davis wanted Jack Carson or Dennis Morgan for the lead, but was convinced by the director and producer that Robert Montgomery had more box-office appeal at the time.
Because the Thomas E. Dewey/Harry S. Truman presidential race was going on during filming, one of Mary Wickes' character's lines was shot with both candidates names in it. The original print used Dewey as the winner. When Truman unexpectedly won, the other version was quickly printed and rushed to theaters.
The method for strengthening hard cider mentioned in this movie was also referred to in W.C. Fields' movie Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935). Fields was arrested for making "Jersey Lightning" by freezing hard cider, which concentrates the alcohol by removing water.
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