The copyright entry for this film lists its title as A Battle of Hearts.
       On 8 Apr 1916, Motion Picture News announced that the cast was complete, and listed H. J. Herbert and H. A. Barrows among them. A later item in the 21 Oct 1916 Motography cited Harry T. De Vere as a cast member. Leading actress Elda Flurry (a.k.a. Elda Millar) went on to become Hedda Hopper, a widely read gossip columnist.
       Shooting took place on Santa Cruz Island, where cast and crew stayed in camps, as noted in the 15 Apr 1916 [Waterloo, IA] Waterloo Evening Courier. Actor Willard Louis reportedly brought his Persian cat, “Laddie,” to accompany him during the shoot. According to the 1 April 1916 Motion Picture News, "A fishing village similar to those seen on islands off the coast of Maine or Newfoundland will be built in Los Angeles and transported to the [Santa Cruz] islands." Items in the 15 Apr 1916 Motography and Motion Picture News stated that a “wireless plant” was established, since there were no telegraph or telephone communications available on the island. The plant was said to be the first of its kind built for a motion picture company. The sets were designed by Fox technical director George Grenier, according to the 13 May 1916 Motography, which incorrectly identified Catalina Island as the shooting location. Director Oscar Apfel encountered some difficulty in locating a ship to be used in the picture. An article in the 9 Apr 1916 NYT stated that Apfel had initially sought a steel hull ship, then a wooden hull ship, and finally he was in search of any available vessel.
       An item in the 15 April 1916 Moving Picture World described how a gale completely wrecked a village set that director Apfel's carpenters had built on Catalina Island, near the harbor. The company's sixty actors were staying in the island's town of Avalon, "awaiting the abatement of the wind."
       A general release of 22 May 1916 was preceded by a 3 May 1916 opening in Greenfield, MA, and a 17 May 1916 opening in Pittsburgh, PA, according to advertisements in the 26 Apr 1916 [Greenfield, MA] Gazette and Courier and 14 May 1916 Pittsburgh Daily Post.