The film's director, Curt Rehfeld, remarked that Davis "... has the technique of a finished artist, the unusual ability to follow direction and the disposition of an angel.

Not once during the picture was it necessary for me to explain any angle twice and, with all of her mature understanding, the youthful charm still remains, making a rare and appreciated combination."

While filming The Greater Glory, Davis signed a contract with Harry Carey and the two actors worked together in The Man From Red Gulch (1925).

She sang, danced, and acted in such films as Flying Down to Rio (1933), Young and Beautiful (1934), College Holiday (1936), Vivacious Lady (1938),[citation needed] Three on a Match (1932), Week-End in Havana (1941), Song of the Islands (1942) and The Harvey Girls (1946) among others.

On several occasions, she used the screen name Mary Daily,[citation needed] and appeared in such films as Hands Across the Rockies (1941) with cowboy star Bill Elliott.

Over a 25-year period, Davis worked as a real estate agent mostly in the Irvine, California and Boise, Idaho areas.