The stories were first written as short vignettes in a series, 5135 Kensington, which The New Yorker published from June 14, 1941 to May 23, 1942. Benson took her original eight vignettes and added four more stories for a book compilation with each chapter representing a month of a year (from 1903 to 1904).[1] When the book was published by Random House, it was titled after the MGM film, then in the very early stages of scripting. At MGM, Benson wrote an early draft of the screenplay, but it was not used.[2]
The book was adapted again for television in 1966. This was a non-musical half-hour situation comedy (including laugh track) starring Shelley Fabares, Celeste Holm, Larry Merrill, Judy Land, Reta Shaw and Morgan Brittany. It was directed by Alan D. Courtney from a script written by Sally Benson, herself. This was to be a pilot for a TV series, but no network picked it up.
A Broadway musical based on the film was produced in 1989, with additional songs.
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