Produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America, the film is directed by David Smith, brother of Vitagraph founder Albert E. Smith.

Early silent film hero J. Warren Kerrigan stars along with resident Vitagraph leading actress Jean Paige, who was also married to Albert E.

[1] A print restored by the Library of Congress was shown at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2018.

[2] In 1925, Warner Brothers was on the verge of taking over the historic Vitagraph Company.

When Warners decided to remake Captain Blood in 1935 with Errol Flynn, they would have owned the screen rights to the Sabatini novel which came as part of the Vitagraph buyout.