Because the facility where this film was made was commonly known as the Reliance-Majestic Studios at 4516 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA, some sources have called the production company “Reliance-Majestic.” A reviewer in the 16 May 1914 Motion Picture Review referred to the cast as “the Reliance and Majestic players.” He further stated, “There are a number of very wonderful battle scenes between the Arabs and the French. Real cannon are used and the camera registers the effect of the shells as they hit the mountain-side.” The 8 May 1914 Variety praised cameraman’s frequent use of dissolves, “dimming in and out,” as well as the striking “‘telescopic’ view” of French troops approaching the camera from afar. There were also professional riders performing “daring feats of horsemanship.” The writer, however, found Miriam Cooper, the actress portraying “Zora” in her first feature film, beautiful, but with “about as much expression as an Egyptian mummy….wholly devoid of creating any illusion of emotion by pantomime.”
       When war broke out in Europe in early Aug 1914, Continental Feature Film Corp. reissued The Dishonored Medal on the State Rights circuit, bundling it with W. Christy Cabanne’s The Life of General Villa (which Continental called Mexican War Pictures) and the 1913 The Battle of Gettysburg (see entries), touting them in a running advertisement in Reel Life as “Three Big Warlike Features for War Times,” and describing The Dishonored Medal as “With French troops in action.”
       Although D. W. Griffith was listed in advertisements and reviews as having supervised all films made at this studio, his actual participation in the film is unknown. Sources conflict concerning the name of the character played by Mabel Van Buren, listing it variously as “Anitra” and “Anitara.”