 Because of her constant insistence for better productions to work  on, and an overall better atmosphere on set, Jack L. Warner (qv)  asked Bette Davis (qv) to produce the film. It would be the first  and only time she would be able to do this. Reportedly, she was so  overworked and also intrigued by this job that she started a  relationship with the director of this film to iron out her mind.