Joan Crawford met her biological father only once when he visited her on the set of Chained (1934). She would never see him again.
While shooting the long dialogue scenes between their characters, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable improvised their own lines, many of which Clarence Brown kept in the final cut of the film.
A sherry flip cocktail is made with sherry, simple syrup or powdered sugar, and a whole egg. These ingredients are shaken with ice and strained into a glass and then garnished with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
First of eight films Crawford made with cinematographer George J. Folsey, who developed the lighting effect that brought out her facial features the best, including a small soft spot that illuminated her eyes and cheekbones. She was so pleased how this made her look she demanded this kind of lighting for the rest of her career.