"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onDecember 17, 1945 with James Stewart reprising his film role.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onFebruary 19, 1940 with Carol Lombard reprising her film role.
David O. Selznick's experience of trying to have life-saving serum flown in for his critically ill brother was the basis for the flying sequences ending the movie.
Seven actors listed in records for this movie were not seen in the final print. They are (with their character names) Jack Mulhall (Rock Springs Radio Operator), Arthur Gardner (Iowa City Radio Operator), John M. Sullivan (John Hopkins Chemist), John Austin (Allentown Radio Operator), and the three doctors, Robert Strange, Perry Ivins and Gladden James.
Special effects technician Edmund E. Fellegi was killed when he fell from a 40-foot catwalk while releasing balloons for the New Year's Eve party scenes.