[1] It is considered to be the first Ford film to show some influence of German director F. W. Murnau, who began working at Fox Studios in 1926.

From Murnau, Ford learned how to use forced perspectives and chiaroscuro lighting, which the American director then integrated into his own more naturalistic and direct filmmaking style.

The cache was found to include astonishing treasures of at least 75 American silent films unknown to exist in the United States, including a complete tinted nitrate print of Upstream and a trailer for another lost John Ford feature, Strong Boy (1929).

[1] and a European screening at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone Italy in October 2010.

Michael Mortilla wrote music for the AMPAS screening, and Donald Sosin for the Pordenone event.