 Considered for the role of Ann Stanley were Audrey Hepburn (qv),  Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv), Joanne Woodward (qv),  Doris Day (I) (qv), Glenda Jackson (qv), Shirley MacLaine (qv)  and Sophia Loren (qv) before the original director  William Wyler (qv) bowed out of the production.