[1] The film was directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and based upon a Bret Harte short story.

It is a remake of the 1918 film M'liss starring Mary Pickford in the title role.

M'Liss is an innocent but rambunctious 17-year-old girl who was born and raised in the small town of Smith's Pocket.

The now orphaned M'Liss is left in the guardianship of her father's friends, gambler Lou Ellis and the town barber Alf Edwards.

The Morphers' ne'er-do-well city cousin, Jack Farlan, drunkenly tries to take advantage of M'Liss but is rescued by Stephen.