Upon its original release, the film was banned in Memphis, Tennessee, where officials found Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson's servant character had "too familiar a way about him" and that the movie overall depicted "too much social equality and racial mixture."
The Associated Press reported on Saturday 2 September 1944 that after five days of shooting, someone broke into actor Dennis O'Keefe's bungalow on the studio lot the previous night, apparently using a passkey, and stole the two suits that he had been wearing during the first shooting week. Unless studio wardrobe men could find matching material to recreate the suits, it was feared that the scenes in the can would have to be re-shot to ensure continuity.
The $1,000,000.00 in 1945 dollars is worth $14,002,111.11 in 2019.
Neil Hamilton, who played Commissioner Gordon in Batman (1966) and Batman: The Movie (1966), played the executor of the will in this film. Pat Hingle, who played Commissioner Gordon in Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman & Robin (1997), played the executor of the will in Brewster's Millions (1985).
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 31, 1947 with Dennis O'Keefe reprising his film role.
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