This film flopped at the box office, resulting in a loss for MGM of $111,000 ($1.73M in 2017) according to studio records.
The Broadway play of the same title upon which this film is based opened at the Hudson Theatre, 141 W. 44th St., on October 12, 1908 and ran for 32 performances.
Evelyn Ankers performance stands out as Celia Wellsby. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed Ankers from Universal Studios where she was under contract, however, Evelyn Ankers was actually brought to America to be under contract to M.G.M. to portray Kay Miniver in "Mrs. Miniver" in 1940 after seeing her play one of Flora Robson's handmaidens in the 1937 film "Fire Over England". The M.G.M. executives felt after seeing her in a screen test Ankers was not mature enough and not experienced enough to play the character of Miniver and Metro waited until Greer Garson was given the part in 1941/1942.
This film's television premiere took place in Los Angeles Monday 17 June 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Chicago 5 July 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Philadelphia 24 September 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Honolulu 2 October 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), in New Haven CT 13 October 1957 on WNHC (Channel 18), in Altoona PA 28 October 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Lebanon PA 16 November 1957 on WLBR (Channel 15), and in Baltimore 22 November 1957 on WJZ (Channel 13); it was first telecast in Seattle 27 September 1958 on KING (Channel 5), in San Francisco 26 October 1959 on KGO (Channel 7), and, finally, in New York City 22 April 1962 on WCBS (Channel 2).