Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Firimu racho rinotanga nokudzokorora kwepfupi kwefirimu rapfuura, risati rasvika kuMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios muCulver City, California uko mubatsiri wemakamera Bill Reilly anotora firimu kubva murabhoritari ye "Marie Antoinette" (1938) iyo yaanopfuudza kumakamera William H. Daniels. Mifananidzo iri kuseri kwemifananidzo inoratidza W.S. Van Dyke achitungamirira chiitiko pakati paNorma Shearer naRobert Morley vasati vaenda nechinhu chisina kunaka kubhabhoritari kuti chigadziriswe, kuomeswa uye kupukutwa nomushandi webhabhoritari John M. Nickolaus. Mabhanhire okuedza anobva averengwa ndokuendeswa kukamuri rokudhinda kuti adhindwe. Chitima chinotakura muoni parwendo runokurumidza rwekudzidzira rwakakwana nemashure-e-zviitiko mafirimu aGeorge B. Seitz achitungamirira "Vana veMutongi Hardy" (1938), Freddie Bartholomew kudzidziswa nenzou nokuda kwe "Kim" isina kubudiswa panguva iyoyo, Luise Rainer achiita muedzo wenguvo ye "The Toy Wife" (1938), uye mifananidzo yakajeka yaClark Gable, Myrna Loy naSpencer Tracy. Firimu racho rinogumisa nemontage kubva kumatrailer nokuda kwemifananidzo inouya yeMGM nemifananidzo yaLouis B. Mayer, Frank Capra, Luise Rainer naLouise Tracy pa
Mabiko e10th Academy Awards.