Trivia / Twentieth Century

• Actor Allusion: While chafing under Oscar's attempts to control her, Lily protests, "I'm not Trilby!" Trilby is the titular heroine of the eponymous George du Maurier novel about an ingenuous singer who falls under the sway of hypnotic and controlling manger named Svengali. In Svengali (1931), John Barrymore had actually played Svengali.
• Deleted Role: Although Billie Seward receives on-screen billing for her role as Anita, most of her performance ended up being cut; in the final version, she only has one very brief scene with the conductor.
• Real-Life Relative: Carole Lombard was a second cousin of Howard Hawks.
• What Could Have Been: Preston Sturges was hired to write the screenplay, but he was let go a week later after he had "failed to get going" on the script.