"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onSeptember 19, 1949 with Lana Turner and Van Heflin reprising their film roles.
Lana Turner and Van Heflin reprised their roles in a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast on September 19, 1949.
Lana Turner let her hair go back to its natural color, brown, for this role.
$500,000 was spent on the earthquake scene alone.
According to MGM production files, Katharine Hepburn was considered for a starring role.
In a January 1986 Hollywood Reporter article, Donna Reed, initially did not want to play the role of "Marguerite" because she thought that Lana Turner was prettier and that audiences would not believe that "William" would chose her over Lana.
The film's main music theme by Bronislau Kaper was published as a song, "Green Dolphin Street" (also known as "On Green Dolphin Street") with lyrics by Ned Washington. It was soon adopted by jazz musicians, with recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and others.