An article in the 7 June 1919 Motion Picture News noted that Benjamin B. Hampton’s “Great Authors’ organization” had acquired screen rights to the work of prominent writers including best-selling American author Winston Churchill, whose novel The Dwelling-Place of Light was set to be produced in the near future. Six months later, the 13 December 1919 Moving Picture World announced that actors Thomas O’Brien and Claire Adams were cast in leading roles in the production, which was “soon to be produced.” O’Brien did not remain with the project. The 27 December 1919 Moving Picture World reported that filming was underway.
       The 10 July 1920 Moving Picture World, which stated that the film was soon to be released by the W. W. Hodkinson Corp., explained that The Dwelling Place of Light marked a divergence from past Hampton-Hodkinson projects which were Westerns. The film was instead located “in a New England mill town and depicts the plight of a modern working girl in a factory town whose problem is how to advance in her business career, in association and in competition with men, without tarnishing her character and reputation.”
       The character name from the novel, “Janet Bumpus” was changed to “Janet Butler” in the screen version, as noted in the 4 September 1920 Motion Picture News. Hampton explained that “Bumpus” was a “comedy name” to film audiences.
       A negative review in the 12 September 1920 Wid’s Daily complained that Churchill’s novel “should have remained in book form and never been attempted as entertainment on the screen. The public who know and appreciate good pictures, do not care to be deprived of the entertainment and amusement which they seek in the picture theater by having such material as this handed to them. And the whole fault with the production is the story material. Notwithstanding the fact that technically there is little to be found fault with and the fact that the players all do credible work, labor problems, here presented in a strike sequence which consumes at least two reels and another angle dealing with the wronged girl, ‘The Dwelling Place of Light’ fails to present much that will be approved by the screen-educated public. Director Conway deserves credit for the manner in which he has handled the strike sequence. These scenes are all thoroughly realistic and considering the number of people used and the general tone of confusion, this bit gets over very well. There are a couple of slip-ups, nothing serious, however, which may go unnoticed.”
       The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.