Max Sporum Frank Morgan as Konrad Reginald Owen as Detlaff, the Waiter Eric Blore as Dr. Metz Beulah Bondi as Dr. Schultz Alan Hale as Maurice Schlapkohl Cesar Romero as Joe Luis Alberni as The Barber June Clayworth as Mitzi, on-screen actress Cast notes: Future film musical star Ann Miller, who it was once claimed had the world's fastest feet when tap dancing, has an uncredited bit part, her second film appearance. Future child star Jane Withers appears as a child in the orphanage sequence. At only nine years old, it was already her seventh film appearance. Matt McHugh of the McHugh acting family has a small uncredited part as a moving man. Production The Good Fairy was in production from September 13 to December 17, 1934. During filming, director William Wyler and star Margaret Sullavan, for whom writer Preston Sturges had tailored the lead role, clashed frequently, with Sullavan walking off the set several times. When it was brought to Wyler's attention that Sullavan's work was better on the days when they didn't fight, he started to go out of his way to avoid clashing with her. Then, on November 25, Wyler and Sullavan eloped to Yuma, Arizona, and got married. Their marriage would last two years. There were problems between the studio, Universal, and the film's principals. Despite complaints that Wyler was taking too much time because of multiple retakes of scenes involving Sullavan, especially close-ups, Sturges was keeping only a day or so ahead of the shooting, writing new scenes and feeding them to Wyler to shoot "off the cuff". Eventually both Wyler and Sturges were dropped from the studio payroll. Filming had begun before the script had received formal approval from the Hays Office, which objected to some scenes and many lines in the submitted original, but allowed filming to start on assurance from the studio that changes would be made. The censors particularly objected to a scene in which the head of the orphanage explains the "facts of life" to Luisa before she leaves; to the attempted seduction of the girl by Konrad, the millionaire; and to there being a sofa in the room when Lu goes to Konrad's apartment. The Good Fairy premiered in New York City on January 31, 1935, in Hollywood on February 12, and went into general release on February 18. It was the first film to be booked into Radio