This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
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| Camera | Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jack Foley | Foley Artist |
| Directing | Harry A. Pollard | Director |
| Writing | Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyricist |
| Sound | Jerome Kern | Songs |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Johanna Mathieson | Costume Design |
| Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Writing | Edward J. Montaigne | Story Supervisor |
| Directing | Robert Ross | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Edna Ferber | Writer |
| Sound | Tom Reed | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Joseph Cherniavsky | Music |
| Sound | Harry A. Pollard | Dialogue Editor |
