It is known as the common wild oat. Avena sterilis (animated oat, sterile oat, wild oat, wild red oat, winter wild oat; syn. The film was adapted by Vernon Sylvaine from his 1948 play "One Wild Oat". He made his first West End appearance in "One Wild Oat" by Vernon Sylvaine, 1948. Their problems were solved and "Her Wild Oat" was made upon her return.