Family image matters more than anything to the Grenvilles, even when the son is shot dead by his former chorus girl wife, whom his mother despises.
Barbara Stanwyck expressed interest in playing role that went to Claudette Colbert.
Ann Arden Grenville:
Has the maid been here while i was out?
Billy Grenville Jr.:
Why, no towels?
Ann Arden Grenville:
Uh, I know this is a four-star Hotel, but I've never known the maids to wear Chanel no. 5 while scrubbing out the tub.
Billy Grenville Jr.:
I'll complain to the manager.
In 1955, Ann makes an operator-assisted long distance call from England to United States and is connected to her party in less than ten seconds - an impossibility even now, with direct dialing.
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