Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. was founded in Hollywood, CA, in late 1913 by Lasky, Samuel Goldfish (later Goldwyn), and Cecil B. DeMille. An item in the 27 December 1913 Moving Picture World reported that former Pathe Freres cameraman Alfredo Gondolfi had joined the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Film Company and left for Wyoming “this week” to work on The Squaw Man. “Oscar Apfel...joined Mr. Cecil B De Mille at Butte, Mont., this week, from which point they will endeavor to locate Maverick, the town in which Mr. Royal based the original locate of his play, ‘The Squaw Man.’ Tony A. Wamby, the original of Nat U. Rich in [the play] ‘The Squaw Man,’ has been discovered by Mr. Royal and will be used in the picture.”
       One-act versions of the play were produced as early as 1904. Modern sources credit the editing to Mamie Wagner. Modern sources also credit Wilfred Buckland as art director, but this is incorrect. Buckland did not sign with the Lasky Feature Play Company until 19 May 1914, four months after The Squaw Man was completed.
       This was the first release of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Although this was not the first motion picture to be filmed in Hollywood, The Squaw Man was the first Hollywood-made feature-length production.
       Dustin Farnum portrayed "Jim Marston" in the stage version of The Squaw Man as early as 1908, when the production was playing to capacity crowds in Chicago, according to the 12 September Billboard. Farnum's troupe successfully toured the country that year.
       Farnum and DeMille "made Mona Darkfather a splendid offer to play the Indian girl, Naturich, in The Squaw Man, but her contract with the Kalem company did not allow of her acceptance," according to the San Francisco Dramatic Review.
       The role of the boy, Hal, was portrayed by Carmen De Rue, who was billed variously as "Baby DeRue" and "Freddy DeRue," to mask the fact that she was a girl.
       Cecil B. DeMille also directed two remakes of The Squaw Man, a silent in 1918, and a sound version for M-G-M in 1931, starring Warner Baxter (see entries). An earlier version was filmed in 1908 (see entry).