 The play, together with ideas from "Ways and Means", another play in the "Tonight at 8.30" cycle, was loosely adapted as a film of the same name in 1942.It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starred Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas.The plot was modified to so that the couple were now expatriate impoverished European aristocrats, professional houseguests of, and looking for mates among, nouveau riche Americans who are impressed by their titles.