The screenplay was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, which was based upon a 1933 play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett starring Tallulah Bankhead.

However, the next day, Dill doesn't show up to the altar, as it turns out that the night before the wedding, he ran off and married Connie Barnes (Frances Drake), a woman with whom he had had an affair in Europe some months before.

Jeff and Mary are invited to a party at Dill and Connie's house, and the two decide to attend in order to cause some havoc and shock the newlywed couple.

Dill calls his butler to tell him to pick them up tomorrow morning, but Connie overhears and sets off for Phoenicia.

Tallulah Bankhead played Mary Clay and the cast included Ilka Chase, Barbara O'Neil, Cora Witherspoon, and Fred Keating.

According to TCM, the script originally was intended for Loretta Young, George Brent, and Joel McCrea, but MGM decided to turn it into a Joan Crawford vehicle.

[3] Variety called it "Clever and smart, packing a lot of comedy in action, situation, and dialogue...."[3] and commented, "On the performance end, it is one of Miss Crawford's best.

According to MGM records, it earned $1,399,000 in the US and Canada, a very considerable sum and an indication of the continuing high wide popularity of Joan Crawford with her fans.