A 21 Feb 1926 LAT news item stated that Fox Film Corp. planned to make a film adaptation of Peter B. Kyne’s short story, “Pals in Paradise.” Soon after, the 13 Mar 1926 Motion Picture News listed Pals in Paradise on the slate of Fox releases for May 1926. A 26 Mar 1926 Film Mercury brief indicated that filming had not yet taken place, and named Albert Ray as director and Kenneth Hawks as production supervisor. On 24 Apr 1926, Motion Picture News listed Pals in Paradise as one of seven special productions on the upcoming slate for Metropolitan Pictures Corp. of California, to be released by Producers Distributing Corp. No mention of the Fox production was made.
       George B. Seitz signed on to direct the picture, which was set to mark his first under a new long-term contract with Metropolitan Pictures, the 7 Aug 1926 Moving Picture World noted. Although various contemporary sources mentioned that Pals in Paradise would mark stage actress May Robson’s screen debut, she had previously appeared in feature films dating back to 1915’s How Molly Malone Made Good (see entry).
       Principal photography took place in summer 1926 at Metropolitan’s Hollywood, CA, studio, and on location in Lake Arrowhead, CA, as stated in the Aug 1926 AmCin and 4 Sep 1926 Exhibitors Herald. Preview screenings took place as early as 25 Aug 1926, when the film was scheduled to play at Hanover, PA’s Strand Theatre. A 10 Sep 1926 Film Mercury review of a preview screening at Los Angeles, CA’s Roosevelt Theatre stated, “It should make a generally good audience picture, after it has gone through a process of re-editing.” A general release of 29 Nov 1926 was cited in the 11 Dec 1926 Moving Picture World, while the film’s New York City debut occurred one week earlier, on 22 Nov 1926, at the Hippodrome Theatre.