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- Judy Holliday and Broderick Crawford extended their famous gin-rummy scene to their off-screen relationship. Afraid of flying, Holliday insisted on taking the train to Washington for location shooting. Crawford went along and they passed the four-day trip playing gin for money. When they arrived in Washington, Holliday had won $600 from him, along with his undying friendship.
- William Holden and Broderick Crawford became good friends during filming, united by their fondness for liquor and a mutual dislike of Harry Cohn. Among the jokes they played on him were ordering large Scotches at lunch so he would worry about them getting drunk in the middle of a shooting day. They also ran up huge room-service bills during location shooting in Washington just to aggravate him.
- In his autobiography, Garson Kanin wrote that Harry Cohn paid the record $1 million for the film's rights because he had heard that Kanin said he "wouldn't sell the rights to Harry Cohn for any amount - not even a million dollars."
During location shooting in Washington, George Cukor was so moved by the Jefferson Memorial that he insisted Billie and Paul visit it during their tour of the city.
- Garson Kanin wrote that Marilyn Monroe made a screen test for this film in 1948 before signing a two-picture contract. Those who saw it thought it was excellent, but Columbia head Harry Cohn did not take the trouble to walk six steps from his desk to his projection room to watch it.
- Judy Holliday won the 1950 Best Actress Oscar, beating out Anne Baxter and Bette Davis for All About Eve (1950), Eleanor Parker for Caged (1950), and Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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