The youngest son, Frank Pierson, went on to write the screenplays for Cool Hand Luke, Cat Ballou and Dog Day Afternoon. He won the Oscar for Dog Day Afternoon.
The movie is based on housewife Louise Randall Pierson's best-selling autobiographical book by the same title, and then screenplay, based on her family's life. The character Frank Pierson refers to her real-life son who enlisted to fight in World War II, and later went on to become a famous film/TV writer and director.
Warner Bros. bought the rights to Louise Randall Pierson's story for $35,000 in 1943 ($604,000 in 2023).
The UCLA Film and Television Archive has three versions of this film. 117 minutes, which is the version shown on TCM, 126 minutes and a long version of 150 minutes.