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Shirley Jackson was not impressed with this filmed adaptation of her novel "The Bird's Nest". Her assessment: "Abbott and Costello meet a multiple personality." (From Ruth Franklin's 2016 biography "Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life".)
This movie was MGM's rival to the hit The Three Faces of Eve (1957), released 4 months earlier, which won an Oscar for Joanne Woodward. Both movies are about a young woman's multiple personalities and the doctor who helps her with hypnotism.
This film was a disappointment at the box office for MGM, resulting in a loss of $154,000 ($1.57M in 2022) according to studio records.
This was Johnny Mathis' screen debut.
Aunt Morgan's front-loading washing machine is a Bendix model "S", circa 1947 - one of the first home front-loaders sold after WWII.
"[last lines] Elizabeth Richmond: [from the top of the stairs as the doctor is at the front door ready to leave] Dr. Wright... Good night, and thank you. Dr. Neal Wright: [just before exiting the front door] Good night... and, happy birthday."
