 Both William Keighley (qv) and Edmund Goulding (qv) turned down  the job of directing this movie, and Bette Davis (qv) refused to  play the lead. Miriam Hopkins (qv) was originally cast in the  lead, but was replaced by Kay Francis (qv) when she became ill.  Janet Chapman (I) (qv) was originally cast as "Jackie" but was  replaced by Sybil Jason (qv).