The film is based on the 1977 novel "Second Sight" by David L. Williams. In the novel, Jennie merely finds a drawing of the white Victorian dress and has a replica made, whereas in the film she finds an actual white Victorian dress in the attic. The replica dress in the novel and the dress found in the attic in the film both work as the catalyst transporting her back in time.
The film takes place in December 1899 and 1979.
Lindsay Wagner (Jennie Logan) and Linda Gray (Elizabeth Harrington) play romantic rivals in the film. At the time of production, Gray was Wagner's aunt by marriage. She was married to Wagner's maternal uncle Ed Thrasher from 1962 to 1983.
Elizabeth Harrington was born in Chesapequa, New York on August 3, 1875.