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** Cooper wanted Creator/IngridBergman to play Eliza Birdwell, but she turned the part down. Creator/KatharineHepburn was also offered the role. Creator/JaneWyman turned it down to focus on her television series. Creator/JeanArthur Creator/JeanArthur, Creator/VivienLeigh, Creator/MaureenOHara, Creator/EleanorParker and Creator/VivienLeigh Creator/TeresaWright were also considered.considered.
** Creator/WilliamWyler wanted Creator/JamesDean to play Josh Birdwell, but his agent said that he wouldn't take on any supporting roles.
** Creator/WilliamWyler wanted Creator/JamesDean to play Josh Birdwell, but his agent said that he wouldn't take on any supporting roles.
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** Cooper wanted Creator/IngridBergman to play Eliza Birdwell, but she turned the part down. Creator/KatherineHepburn Creator/KatharineHepburn was also offered the role. Creator/JaneWyman turned it down to focus on her television series. Creator/JeanArthur and Creator/VivienLeigh were also considered.
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* FoilerFootage: Even during filming, Creator/WilliamWyler wasn't sure how far Jess' involvement in the Civil War should go, so he filmed two scenes. In one he picks up a gun, in the other he doesn't. After listening to arguments from colleagues over which version to use, Wyler decided to have him pick up the gun, prolonging the suspense over whether or not he would shoot the Confederate soldier who had just killed his best friend.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Getting Samantha the Goose (played by three different geese) to bite Richard Eyer's posterior on cue was a major challenge. To protect the child, the costumers sewed extra padding into the seat of his pants, but nothing they tried, including a lettuce leaf hidden between his legs, got the goose to approach when required. Finally, the goose was attached to a wire pulley and given mild electric shocks to get him to go after the child.
* TheOtherMarty: According to her 2004 autobiography, '''Tis Herself'', Creator/MaureenOHara was cast as Eliza Birdwell and was due to start filming the following day, when she happened to mention it to Creator/JohnFord, with whom she had a strained working relationship (referring to him in her book as "that mean old son of a bitch"), when visiting his office. Ford apparently then called Creator/WilliamWyler and had her removed from the cast, resulting in the last minute casting of Dorothy [=McGuire=] in the role.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/GaryCooper as a devout Quaker father.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The role of Jess Birdwell was originally intended for Creator/BingCrosby, who turned it down and recommended his close friend Creator/GaryCooper for the part. Creator/MontgomeryClift was also offered the role.
** Cooper wanted Creator/IngridBergman to play Eliza Birdwell, but she turned the part down. Creator/KatherineHepburn was also offered the role. Creator/JaneWyman turned it down to focus on her television series. Creator/JeanArthur and Creator/VivienLeigh were also considered.
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* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Getting Samantha the Goose (played by three different geese) to bite Richard Eyer's posterior on cue was a major challenge. To protect the child, the costumers sewed extra padding into the seat of his pants, but nothing they tried, including a lettuce leaf hidden between his legs, got the goose to approach when required. Finally, the goose was attached to a wire pulley and given mild electric shocks to get him to go after the child.
* TheOtherMarty: According to her 2004 autobiography, '''Tis Herself'', Creator/MaureenOHara was cast as Eliza Birdwell and was due to start filming the following day, when she happened to mention it to Creator/JohnFord, with whom she had a strained working relationship (referring to him in her book as "that mean old son of a bitch"), when visiting his office. Ford apparently then called Creator/WilliamWyler and had her removed from the cast, resulting in the last minute casting of Dorothy [=McGuire=] in the role.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/GaryCooper as a devout Quaker father.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The role of Jess Birdwell was originally intended for Creator/BingCrosby, who turned it down and recommended his close friend Creator/GaryCooper for the part. Creator/MontgomeryClift was also offered the role.
** Cooper wanted Creator/IngridBergman to play Eliza Birdwell, but she turned the part down. Creator/KatherineHepburn was also offered the role. Creator/JaneWyman turned it down to focus on her television series. Creator/JeanArthur and Creator/VivienLeigh were also considered.
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