Marc Connelly was nominated for Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Drama for "Tall Story" as Professor Charles Osman.
In Miss Representation (2011), Jane Fonda states that director Joshua Logan asked her to wear falsies and to have her back teeth pulled out for this film.
The original stage production of "Tall Story" by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theater, In Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA on January 29, 1959 and ran for 108 performances.