[1] F. Stuart-Whyte, a Scotsman who worked in Hollywood for fifteen years, including as assistant on Douglas Fairbanks Films, was hired.
[4][5] The movie was shot in a studio at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney with former Hollywood star Louise Lovely assisting with screen testing.
The Bulletin reported the film "was a box-oflice success less because of its intrinsic merits, which were inconsiderable, than because the public is so hungry for Australian pictures that it is willing, at the moment, to temper justice with mercy; but that mood won't last.
[16] According to writers Brian Adams and Graham Shirley: The film's modest local success was probably due more to publicity than directorial skill...
While Painted Daughters emerged as a passable programme picture, the incompatibility of its internationalism and a limited budget led Australasian to inject enough national sentiment into their subsequent films to appeal to the home market at the very least.
The standard of production is excellent throughout, and special care has been taken to make the sub-titles artistic, bright, and in keeping with the best examples of this important branch of picture work.
"[18] Another review in the same trade paper stated: With few exceptions the cast is composed of tyros, so that the work of the producer has been by no means a sinecure.
However, he has done remarkably well with the talent at his disposal and has, furthermore, succeeded in giving us something different in the way of stories, allegorical embellishments, and ambitious presentation... Exhibitors should always do their best to encourage and support local productions and in screening Painted Daughters they will add a further link to the chain of pretentious Australian motion pictures.