It stars Bert Lytell, Gertrude Selby, and Frank Currier, and was released on August 4, 1919.

When James Sr. arrives in town, he is quite pleased with the progress his son has made and blesses his marriage to Ethel.

[4] Principal photography on the film began on May 12, with the working title, It's Easy to Make Money.

[6] The complete interior fixtures, furniture and equipment of a famous Chicago landmark, the Au Revoir Bar, were relocated to Hollywood, so that they could be reconstructed, after which they were totally destroyed by Lytell during the filming of the picture.

They felt, "It is the way he [Lytell] goes about it, the manner in which he accomplishes his tricks, the intensely humorous situations which result from his actions, the inimitable refreshing personality of Lytell and the ingenious bits of business which he does that make 'Easy to Make Money' a meritorious picture.

"[10] Variety, on the other hand, was less kind to the movie, saying it "isn't a bad little feature, though its five parts are full of riduculous assumptions."