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Best Actor - Drama | 1951
The scenes where Oliver Wendell Holmes visits his wife's grave were filmed at the actual grave of Oliver Wendell and Fanny Holmes in Arlington National Cemetery.
This was Louis Calhern's only lead role in a non-silent film.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 19, 1952 with Ann Harding and Louis Calhern reprising their film roles.
The play, "The Magnificent Yankee," opened at the Royale Theater in New York on January 22, 1946, and ran for 159 performances, with Louis Calhern in the lead role. While other Hollywood actors were eligible to play Oliver Wendell Holmes, MGM decided to let Calhern reprise his Broadway role in the film, to thank him for his many years of service as a supporting player at their studio.
The house of Justice Holmes was at 1720 I Street, NW, in Washington. The filmmakers have the correct number on the house. The house, which was three blocks from the White House, has been demolished, along with the rest of the surrounding residential neighborhood, and replaced by low-rise office buildings.
"Oliver Wendell Holmes: [to Reynolds] It's a free country. Everybody's entitled to his opinion... even the President of the United States."
"[referring to President Theodore Roosevelt] Oliver Wendell Holmes: He said, among other things, that he could carve a judge with more backbone out of a banana. Fanny Bowditch Holmes: [outraged] Well, the very idea! Graham, reporter for Boston Transcript: Is there any statement, Mrs. Holmes, that you would make? Fanny Bowditch Holmes: Yes, Mr. Graham, there is. Oliver Wendell Holmes: Fanny... Fanny Bowditch Holmes: You may say that we adore dear Mr. Roosevelt at all times - Graham, reporter for Boston Transcript: Adore, Mrs. Holmes? Fanny Bowditch Holmes: Yes, Mr. Graham, we adore everything about him... except his taste in bananas."
