Stapleton was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Fay Doyle.

Adam hems and haws momentarily, but then delivers the following story: "The Chronicle is pleased to announce the addition of a new member to our staff.

He doesn't tell her about his father, a man named Lassiter, who is doing 25 years in prison for having murdered Adam's mother and her lover.

[1] Nathanael West's 1933 novel, on which this film was based, was adapted for the screen in 1933 as Advice to the Lovelorn starring Lee Tracy.

It was made by Twentieth Century Pictures, distributed by United Artists, and directed by Alfred L. Werker from a screenplay by Leonard Praskins.

[citation needed] Howard Teichmann adapted the novel into a stage play titled Miss Lonelyhearts, which opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on October 3, 1957.

The production, directed by Alan Schneider and designed by Jo Mielziner, ran for twelve performances.