[2] The screenplay was based on the eponymous novel by Myrtle Reed, who also wrote cookbooks under the pen name Olivia Green and committed suicide in 1911.

[3] Harlan Carr and his wife are left $600 and a country home called "The Jack O'Lantern" in New England by his uncle's will.

They quickly make life miserable for the couple, who tolerate them and their unpleasantness only out of fear of losing the legacy.

[4] A review in Moving Picture World from January 1922, said that Ingraham "has given the screen an entertaining production".

[2] A review in The Film Daily from 1922, said the story was "built up with much detail and some amusing comedy...but lacks plot and drama".