Producer Don Hartman attempted to rent the Hope Diamond for Ginger Rogers to wear but was unsuccessful.
Don Hartman, the film's producer, began directing but soon turned it over to Rudolph Maté, the film's cinematographer.
The plot-line of this film was repeated in the Julia Roberts film "Runaway Bride" (1999) although no credit was given to this film.
The main set with the sweeping staircase had previously been used in the Katharine Hepburn - Cary Grant film Holiday (1938).
During the proceedings, Victoria is referred to as being born 26 years earlier. Ginger Rogers was 36 years old at the time.