The scenario was based on the 1898 play, A Virginia Courtship by Eugene W. Presbrey. Its purchase by Realart Pictures was reported in the 30 April 1921 Camera.
       Four weeks later, the 28 May 1921 issue announced that principal photography was underway at the Realart Studio in Los Angeles, CA, with May McAvoy in the lead role. The 18 June 1921 Camera noted that production was entering its fourth week, and credited Fred Robinson as assistant director, “Miss Hallett” as casting director, and Frank E. Garbutt as studio manager. McAvoy had spent the previous week filming in Arcadia, CA. Although the 25 June 1921 Motion Picture News listed “cotton fields, a Southern garden, a Colonial home and Southern stables” as outdoor sets, their location was not revealed. The 2 July 1921 Camera reported that filming had been completed.
       A review in the 4 February 1922 Motion Picture News included African-American actors George Reed and Blue Washington as cast members. The 6 August 1921 Camera credited Edward Sutherland as the picture’s male lead, although the majority of sources have attributed the role to Casson Ferguson.
       A Virginia Courtship was released in December 1921, followed by openings during the week of 1 January 1922 at the Blackstone Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA, and during the week of 26 February 1922 at Clune’s Broadway Theatre in Los Angeles. Prior to the release, the 5 November 1921 Exhibitors Herald noted that the film had been approved by the National Board of Review in its monthly publication, Exceptional Photoplays.
       On 26 November 1921, an editorial in Exhibitors Herald expressed outrage over the Chicago, IL, Board of Censors’ removal of the racial epithet, “darkies,” from the subtitles. The term had been replaced by "negroes.".
       The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.