According to the 19 Nov 1921 Exhibitors Trade Review, director Harry Garson had recently arrived on the West Coast to begin production in ten day’s time on the latest Clara Kimball Young project for Equity Pictures, at Garson Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Fully decorated miniatures of the sets were currently being made in preparation on the yet-to-be-named film.
       The 31 Dec 1921 Motion Picture News reported that production was “very much” underway. On 28 Jan 1922, Moving Picture World stated that the independent picture was in its eighth week of production at Garson Studios. The news item referred to the film as The Modern Madonna, but this may have been a misprint, as another film, based on Caroline Abbot Stanley’s 1906 novel A Modern Madonna, was in production around the same time. That picture later changed its title to The Forgotten Law (1922, see entry).
       Referring to the picture as The Worldly Madonna, the 8 Apr 1922 Exhibitors Trade Review announced that Equity Pictures was currently booking the film on the independent market.
       The 27 May 1922 Exhibitors Herald praised the performance of Clara Kimball Young, but deemed the story unconvincing. ...