Director John M. Stahl took over briefly as director while George Seaton was ill, prior to a more serious illness.
Edmund Goulding replaced George Seaton when Seaton had a serious health relapse late in production.
Gene Lockhart replaced Porter Hall in the cast after Hall was injured in a car accident.
While Ira Gershwin fashioned the lyrics for this movie in 1946, the composer George Gershwin had died in 1937. With the aid of long time friend Kay Swift (herself a composer), Ira put together a number of George's unpublished melodies to provide a score for the film. "For You, For Me, for Evermore" became popular enough to make "Your Hit Parade" for two weeks.