An advertisement in the 20 August 1921 [Kansas City, MO] Kansas City Sun announced that The Lure of a Woman would be screening at the local Love's Theatre for three days, beginning 21 August. It was billed: "The first Negro Production ever made in Kansas City." The two stars were listed as Regina Cohee and Dr. A. Porter Davis, supported by "The Smart Movie Players," all of whom were named.
 The 7 December 1921 [Kansas City, MO] Kansas City Star reported that the Progress Picture Producing Association charged young woman $130 to "register" to appear in The Lure of a Woman. "Numerous local aspirants willingly paid the $130 and experienced the thrill of 'registering.' The atmosphere was there, a director shouted commands, the camera man wore his cap, bill reversed, and squinted through the lens, grinding out film. But The Lure of a Woman never reached the screen. Rising actresses were made despondent, to say nothing of other investors who were expecting to be costume designers, scenario writers and the like. And now the 'cast' has instituted suit. The members allege [the film] is the only asset of the company, and they desire a receiver appointed." A. Porter Davis was one of the five plaintiffs. The respondent was Mrs. Roberta Taylor, who received the $130 from each of them.
 According to information in the George P. Johnson Collection at the UCLA Special Collections Library, this was the first release of The Afro-American Film Exhibitors Co. of Kansas City, Missouri. An advertisement called the film "the first Negro production ever made in Kansas City" and stated, "All the cast in this production are Kansas City Negroes. All the scenes were taken about the city." Charles H. Allen, the male lead, was the general manager and treasurer of the company. They planned a series of eight films that would be released in Central and South America, as well as in the U.S., and boasted of a distribution policy "that will enable it to overcome some of the difficulties usual to colored pictures." Their second release was to be called The Human Devil.
An item in the 14 May 1922 [Kansas City, KS] Kansas City Kansan reported that a print of the film caught fire during a screening at Western University. The audience was evacuated, and only the film print was burned.