'John Laurie' replaced an actor who dropped out.
John Mills often cited this as being his favorite film.
John Mills was an 11th hour casting decision.
Robert Donat was first choice for the role later taken by 'John Mills'.
Alexander Korda suggested to David Lean that he should adapt Harold Brighouse's 1915 stage comedy for the cinema.
Charles Laughton had already played the role of Hobson when he was a teenager on stage in his native town of Scarborough.
Later adapted into a musical set in the Old West called "Walking Happy".
The original Broadway production of "Hobson's Choice" by Harold Brighouse opened at the Princess Theater on November 2, 1915 and ran for 135 performances. The play moved to the Comedy Theater during the first month.
The original setting for "Walking Happy", the musical based on Hobson's Choice is London in the 19th century.