According to director King Vidor, a still camera lens was used to photograph many of Laurette Taylor's closeups. The lens was mounted on a telephoto stand, which meant Taylor had to be situated far on the other end of the set for the effect to work. This was done to make Taylor look much younger than she actually was.
A six-reel print of this film survives in the library of congress.
Laurette Taylor plays a girl in her late teens in this film, but was thirty-eight at the time of production.
Laurette Taylor, a noted stage actress, made her film debut in this production. An initial screen test almost stopped the production, as it made her look "close to seventy" according to King Vidor. His reservations about this directing assignment were assuaged when he eventually met Taylor in person.
A natural redhead, Laurette Taylor worried that it would appear too dark in a black and white film, and had an expensive blond wig constructed. It ended up looking ridiculous in a screen test, and so Peg's hair as seen in the film is Taylor's own.