The book Jimmy John learns to read from is a real book - "Bugs Bunny's Birthday", by Elizabeth Beecher. Published by Simon & Shuster in 1950 and licensed from Warner Brothers, it is part of the popular Little Golden Book series, #98, and originally sold for twenty-five cents.
The $25.00 for Jane's formal gown would equate to nearly $250.00 in 2020.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 -minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 26, 1952 with Cary Grant reprising his film role.
The Pledge of Allegiance given in the movie is the official version approved on June 22, 1942. An attorney from Illinois by the name of Louis Albert Bowman later suggested adding "under god" to the pledge to allay fears of a certain segment of the American population who had difficulty understanding the meaning of separation of church and state.