 Although the cast of the stage play was mostly replaced by Warner Brothers contract players, de Havilland and Mickey Rooney were chosen to reprise their original roles.Avant-garde director Kenneth Anger claimed in his book "Hollywood Babylon II" to have played the changeling prince in this film when he was a child, but in fact the role was played by child actress Sheila Brown.Austrian-born director Max Reinhardt did not speak English at the time of the film's production.