Living Between Two Worlds had no studio backing so Jackson and co-producer Lillye Austin independently financed the low-budget production.
Director Bobby Johnson was a comedian by trade, while the cast, save Jackson, were professionals as were other crew members.
Production occurred at the Film Center Independent Studios in Glendale, California and surrounding neighborhoods with principal photography completing in May 1963.
[3][4] With the help of Wendell James Franklin, an assistant director at Universal Studios, the film secured a Guild-sponsored screening[5] and publicly debuted on December 11, 1963, at the Balboa Theatre in Los Angeles.
Showings continued for several weeks filling the theater at capacity and making back a third of the film's costs.