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This film received its initial television showing in Chicago Thursday 11 April 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), followed by Seattle 3 May 1957 on KING (Channel 5), by Honolulu 2 June 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), by Portland OR 8 June 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), by Philadelphia 12 August 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), by New Haven CT 26 August 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), by New York City 31 August 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2) and by Altoona PA 9 September 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10); it was first telecast in San Francisco 2 June 1958 on KGO (Channel 7) and, finally, in Los Angeles 8 February 1959 on KTTV (Channel 11).
Even though Margaret Sullavan was infamous for her quick temper and disdainful attitude towards Hollywood, James Stewart counted working with her as one of the great joys of his professional career. And because he knew her personally, he was more equipped than most of the cast and crew members to deal with her frequent and volatile emotional outbursts.
Soon after wrapping principal photography, Ernst Lubitsch talked to the New York Sun in January 1940. "It's not a big picture, just a quiet little story that seemed to have some charm. It didn't cost very much, for such a cast, under $500,000. It was made in twenty-eight days. I hope it has some charm."
To make sure his film was stripped of the glamour usually associated with him, Ernst Lubitsch went to such lengths as ordering that a dress Margaret Sullavan had purchased off the rack for $1.98 be left in the sun to bleach and altered to fit poorly.
In the Book "Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise", Ernst Lubitsch called this film "the best picture I ever made in my life."