The Hays office refused to sanction the movie under its original tile, "The Green Hat." Michael Arlen's original novel had acquired a salacious reputation, so MGM reluctantly changed it. They were not even allowed to use it as a screen story credit.
A Hollywood Reporter news item added Reginald Owen and Forrester Harvey to the cast, but neither appeared in the movie.
The movie was previewed by MGM as "Iris March," but its indifferent reception caused them to change it to "Outcast Lady."
Although MGM had signed Mrs. Patrick Campbell to a contract, they were so unhappy with her work in her first film, Riptide (1934), that her screen time in Outcast Lady (1934) was abbreviated to little more than a bit, in one short sequence, despite her contractually receiving third billing.