Kami Cotler, who played Elizabeth, said recently on Facebook that the casts and leg braces were difficult to move around in. She would lay on the hospital bed as the crew set up the shots, and she was quite sore at the end of each shooting day. Still, she describes it as a "fascinating experience".
Virginia Gregg (Ada Corley) played school teacher Miss Parker in Spencer's Mountain which is what The Walton's is based on