Dr.Cukrowicz was immediately reticent to perform a risky and drastic experimental operation on Catherine: "You must realize the operation I do is only for the unapproachable, for he hopeless.The film""s bittersweet story is a charming romantic-comedy, a kind of Cinderella storybook tale in reverse (with an April-October romance).Its screenplay is a witty, sparkling, and bright adaptation of Philip Barry""s Broadway hit play.(The play opened in late March 1939 and ran for a full year with more than 400 performances and a nationwide tour).[Note: The film""s themes mirrored two historical incidents in the US: (1) the Congressional HUAC Committee""s hearings o pressure witnesses to name names (Spartacus"" defeated followers refused to divulge his identity), and (2) the 1960""s Civil Rights Movement to end segregation and liberate those who were oppressed.