Jane Wyman's Oscar acceptance speech is reportedly the shortest on record for Best Actress: "I won this award by keeping my mouth shut and I think I'll do it again."
Widely considered to be the first Hollywood film to openly tackle the subject of rape.
Jane Wyman became the first person, actor or actress since the silent era to win an Oscar without uttering a word, after sound was created just before The Jazz Singer (1927) was filmed & released 21 years earlier in 1927.
Stephen McNally, who played the hideous Locky McCormick character role, in the theatrical film, also played the saintly doctor in the Broadway production, just to prove he could play a friendly or a diabolical (evil) character role.
The story is based on an actual incident that took place on Prince Edward Island in Canada. Belinda MacDonald is based on one Lydia Dingwell (1852-1931).