This film holds the world record for a studio production with one of its adult actors surviving the longest after its release. Olivia de Havilland lived for 85 years, one month, and eleven days following the film's release. (As of August of 2023, some still-living child actors, such as Cora Sue Collins and Marilyn Knowlden, have beaten this record.)
All the uncredited roles of major league players were played by current or former professional baseball players.
Although this was the first film to be released of Olivia de Havilland, it was filmed after A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), the first film she had made.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on
4/19/37 with Joe E. Brown, William Frawley and Roscoe Karns reprising their film roles. Mr. and Mrs. Babe Ruth also guest-starred in this broadcast.
When this film was first released to TV in 1956, the sequences involving the gamblers and their attempts to have Ike "throw" the game were practically eliminated, reducing the length of the film by 20 minutes, unnoticed on commercial TV. The appearance of "Lefty", the head of the gambling syndicate, was reduced to just one scene as a spectator in the stands. Additionally, Ike--arriving late for a game--enters the ballpark in a delivery vehicle that is towing autos. In the '50s edited version, what appears to be a usual prank on Ike's part is actually the result of Ike fleeing the gamblers.