The Mission Inn Hotel shown in this film is still in business in 2024 and is AAA Four-Diamond rated. It also is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The closing voiceover narration includes a quotation from Thomas Gray's 'An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard':
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
The entire poem stretches 32 stanzas. Alongside Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray is one of the most important English poets of the 18th century.
The entire poem stretches 32 stanzas. Alongside Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray is one of the most important English poets of the 18th century.