While the film’s title and main character are listed as “Beau Brummel,” the surname of the actual historical figure was spelled “Brummell.”
       On 28 Oct 1922, Exhibitors Trade Review reported that Harry M. Warner had purchased film rights to the popular Clyde Fitch stage play, Beau Brummell. Although the 22 Feb 1923 Var announced that production was expected to begin immediately following star John Barrymore’s return from Europe that spring, several changes in the crew precipitated a delay. A 24 Feb 1923 Motion Picture News article stated that Mary O’Hara had been hired to write continuity, with Sidney Franklin attached to direct. That summer, news items in the 19 May 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review and 19 Aug 1923 FD indicated that O’Hara had been replaced by Frances Marion, and directorial duties assumed by Harry Beaumont. While Beaumont remained with the project, Dorothy Farnum receives sole credit for the final script. Production was scheduled to begin in early Sep 1923.
       A few months later, Exhibitors Trade Review stated that filming was underway and progressing at “top-speed.” By 19 Jan 1924, Moving Picture World reported that the project was in post-production, but editing was to be delayed at least at week while Beaumont recovered from complications with his eyesight.
       The 22 Mar 1924 Motion Picture News announced that Beau Brummel had its world premiere the previous week at the California Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, with an extended run to follow at the nearby Miller’s Theatre. A 21 Mar 1924 FD item stated that the New York City opening was scheduled to take place 30 Mar 1924 the Strand Theatre, while the 26 Mar 1924 Var announced Warner Bros. Pictures’ intention to continue bookings on a “road show” across several other states.
       Voted one of the “Top Best Features” of 1924 by the 1929 Film Daily Year Book, as reported in the Feb 7, 1930 FD.
       Another film inspired by the Clyde Fitch play was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1954. That film, titled Beau Brummell (see entry), was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starred Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Taylor.