Most of the "Arabic" spoken in the film is gibberish.
This is the movie that Cyndi Lauper is watching at the beginning of the music video for "Time After Time."
One of the young girls doing needlepoint, in the first scene at the convent, is Marlene Dietrich's daughter, Maria Riva.
Merle Oberon was originally signed to play Domini but was "bought off" by David O. Selznick at a cost of $25,000.