This film was based on Charles A. Taylor’s 1903 play, From Rags to Riches, which starred child actor Joseph Santley. It was announced in the 28 January 1922 Motion Picture News as an upcoming Warner Brothers Pictures production from producer Harry Rapf and scenarist William Nigh. A 27 May 1922 Motion Picture News brief named Charles Kenyon as the continuity writer; however, Kenyon was not credited in the 29 September 1922 Variety review, which attributed the screenplay to William Nigh and Walter De Leon. Principal photography, which took place at Warner Brothers’ studio in Hollywood, CA, was scheduled to begin on 1 May 1922 and was completed by 19 June 1922, according to that day’s Film Daily.
       In advance of the film’s release on 7 October 1922, Warner Brothers’ publicity man Eddie Bonns designed a 13-foot-by-17-foot float advertising this picture, along with six other current and upcoming Warner releases. An item in the 9 September 1922 Film Daily reported that the float was scheduled to “make a tour of the country, beginning in New York and ending in California.” A publicity agent was set to travel with the float and meet with governors and mayors along the route. In addition to playing music and news announcements over a radio amplifier, the float carried a portable projector which was used to exhibit trailers of the seven films at night.
       The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...