[1] The source for the William Parker screenplay was the stage play of the same name by George Middleton and Guy Bolton.

[3] Professor Sperry moves to a cave in the wilderness to live the primitive life, taking his daughter Margot with him.

Seeing her chance to marry Divvy slipping away, Elsie conspires with Baptiste to kidnap Margot who ends up being set adrift in a canoe.

The governor had recently spearheaded legislation that resulted in the formation of New York's Motion Picture Commission, a committee tasked with the censorship of films.

[7] In February 1922 Film Daily gave it a positive review due primarily to the photography and the exteriors: "For winter scenery and fine out-of-doors atmosphere The Cave Girl belongs way up in the front rank and even if the story isn't a whopper, the feature as a whole will be likely to satisfy because of its splendid pictorial appeal.