Joan Crawford was set to play Roberta Carter, but shortly before production was to begin, she dropped out because she didn't want to work over the Christmas holidays. However, according to Christina Crawford, another reason Joan dropped out was because she didn't want to work on the same lot as her daughter, who would be filming at the same time.
Throughout the film, it is insisted that Selena and Ted had been friends and nothing more. However, in the first film, they did in fact have a romantic relationship as teenagers and were planning to get married.
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