After arguing with Timmy about cousin Willis, Nettie goes into her bedroom and pulls down one blind on the door, leaving one up. In the next shot from outside the bedroom, both blinds are down.
The family is seen eating breakfast before Mass. At the time, practicing Catholics could not eat for 3 hours before taking the Holy Sacrament at Mass.
Though closing credits say movie was filmed entirely in NYC, some was filmed in Spring Lake, New Jersey.
1960s vehicles can be seen in the background when Nettie rides the bus out to the seashore.
When the family goes out on the town for the night, a marquee for We Were Strangers (1949) can be seen. However, that film was not released until 1949, well past the time when Timmy would have come home from the war.