Trivia and Quotes
Trivia
 Loretta Young reprised her role in a Lux Radio Theater broadcast on June 22, 1942, co-starring Don Ameche. The story was broadcast again on February 26, 1945 (with Greer Garson and Cary Grant), and also on the Lux Video Theater on November 10, 1955. According to news items in HR, casting problems delayed the start of production on this film for several months. Joan Bennett, Rosalind Russell, and Carole Lombard were considered for the female lead, while Cary Grant, Lloyd Nolan, and Henry Fonda were discussed for the male lead. Although a pre-production news item in HR noted that Sidney Buchman was to collaborate on the script with Richard Flournoy, the extent of Buchman`s contribution to the released film has not been determined. Although SAB claims that this film was based on a play by Horace Jackson and Grant Garrett, the program notes state that the picture was based on an original story by Jackson and Garrett. A news item in HR added that the theater scenes were filmed at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
(doctormacro.info)
After a night at a roadside gas station and motel, Mr. Drake (Fredric March) asks Mrs. Drake (Loretta Young) to pay for her room. She says that she`s out of cash, so she`ll have to use her credit card. The use of the term "credit card" in this 1941 movie is curious. The first use of the term "credit card" is attributed to Edward Bellamy in his 1887 utopian novel, Looking Backward, but the first actual credit card (not to be confused with a single-vendor "charge card" issued by department stores, airlines, and the like) didn`t come along until the Diners Club card was introduced in 1950. Obviously, the terms were being used interchangeably even before the likes of Diners Club, Carte Blanche, American Express, and various bank-issued credit cards appeared on the scene.
(imdb.com)
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