Tyrone Power Sr. was originally supposed to play the Patriarch, but his untimely death prevented this.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
The original Broadway production of "The Miracle Man" By George M. Cohan opened at the Astor Theater on September 21, 1914 and ran for 97 performances.