An item in the 31 May 1913 Motography reported that King Baggot "has gone to England to join Herbert Brenon, an Imp director, and together they will pick a company and make a series of pictures to be staged in England, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and other countries they may choose to visit. It will be ten weeks before the popular King returns to New York." A month later, the 28 June 1913 Motography added that Leah Baird had left Vitagraph, where she was a leading lady, "to join King Baggot of the Imp Company in Europe, where she will play opposite Mr. Baggot in a series of pictures which will be produced in England.
 A Universal advertisement in the 5 July 1913 Moving Picture News billed Ivanhoe as a “Two Reel Imp De Luxe,” but a three-page review and overview of the film in the 30 August 1913 Motion Picture News called it a “Spectacular Three Reel ‘Imp’ Feature.” However, Imp listings, including the one in the 27 September 1913 Motion Picture News, gave the length as four reels.
According to an article in the above-mentioned 30 August 1913 Motion Picture News, “The production reveals in living action the wonderful pageantry and the exciting and complex life of the days of Richard Coeur de Lion, Robin Hood and Ivanhoe. Retainers, lords and ladies, knights templars, monks, priests, prisoners, jailers and men-at-arms galore are introduced, and the production also abounds in characteristic pictures of the period, presenting strong contrasts between the Saxons and the Normans. Approximately five hundred persons are involved in the various episodes, notably the battle scenes in which about fifty horses appear in action. The battle scenes are enacted with medieval realism so far as they could be reproduced in these modern days of air ships and dynamite. The armored knights go into action duly fitted out with the requisite assortment of swords, spears and shields. The Greenwood men of Robin Hood and the adherents of Front de Beauf engage in vigorous combat, and fight in a manner that denotes expert direction and ample rehearsal. With the object of lending pictorial similitude to the scenic settings, the producers prevailed upon the Duke of Beaufort to place Chepstow Castle, one of the finest relics of mediaeval architecture, at their disposal in order to make use of it as a substitute for Torquilstone Castle described by Scott. Chepstow Castle is in Monmouth[shire, Wales] and is built on the limestone cliffs overhanging the [Wye] river edge. It is perched high above the surrounding country, and its ruined battlements and ivy-covered walls still suggest the strength and power of the mediaeval lords. The scenes that are enacted at Torquilstone Castle consequently create the requisite illusion and are imbued to some extent with the genuine atmosphere of the Middle Ages. The battle scenes in front of the castle are particularly convincing in their vivid realism. The interior scenes of the castle also add to the mediaeval realism of the production, among others the dungeon scene in which Isaac of York is tortured to induce him to give up his accumulated gold, and the scene in which Rebecca is pursued by de Bois Guilbert. Another scene that will probably attract even more attention…is the scene of the third reel in which Rebecca is about to be burned as a witch at the instigation of de Bois Guilbert. Most effective also is the scene in which Ivanhoe arrives and proclaims that he is ready to fight as Rebecca’s champion, and then engages in mortal combat with her accuser. It is needless to say that the reproduction of the natural scenery surrounding Chepstow Castle forms a decidedly picturesque ingredient of this classic film. The woodland scene in which Robin Hood blows his bugle and his men flock to him from all points of the compass may be said to be one of the most unique and effective pictures that has been thrown on the screen in a long time.”
Modern sources credit Herbert Brenon with the scenario, and E. G. Palmer and S. P. Kinder with the photography. They also include A. J. Charlwood and "Mr. Norman" in the cast.
The 20 September 1913 Moving Picture World ran the following review: “This much heralded three-reel offering will not disappoint observers in one respect. It possesses the quality of atmosphere to a remarkable degree. It visualizes for the observer very effectively the knights of olden days, ancient castles and battlements, Robin Hood and his merry band, and through the entire production there is scarcely a thing to he wished from a scenic standpoint. This reflects great credit upon Herbert Brenon, the producer, and upon the very efficient band of English supers who assisted him. King Baggot appears as Ivanhoe, Evelyn Hope as Lady Rowena, and Lean Baird as Rebecca. The acting is adequate throughout. The story gets underway slowly, as does the novel itself, but the last two reels bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. A strong feature offering.”
A copy of Ivanhoe survives at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Another version of Ivanhoe was made by a British company in 1913, and M-G-M did a re-make in 1952, directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor (see entry).