An AP wirephoto, which got wide play in newspapers across the U.S. in early January, 1941, as publicity for the movie was rolled out, featured young, six-year-old Arline Jackson, along with "Penny Serenade" stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. "Needing a child to play an orphan," part of the caption read, "the director suggested a canvass of orphanages. Arline, whose mother works in a factory, was found in a children's home. She had never seen a movie or a movie star.".