Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations
The novel was made into a film in 1942, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis adapted the novel for the screen. The film starred Ronald Colman and Greer Garson in the lead roles.
Colman and Garson reprised their roles in a radio version on the Lux Radio Theater, airing January 31, 1944.
Takarazuka Revue, an all-female opera company in Japan, adopted the novel into musical play in 1992, starring Mira Anju.
The 1942 film version was spoofed on the Carol Burnett Show as "Rancid Harvest" (Season 6, Ep 24, 3/24/1973) with Carol Burnett decked out in a red plaid cape and tam-o-shanter as Greer Garson (Paula) desperately trying to jog the memory of Harvey Korman as Ronald Colman (Charles Rainier).
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