Producer Harry Cohn’s Waldorf Productions acquired screen rights to Thomas Dixon’s 1915 novel, The Foolish Virgin: A Romance of Today, for actress Elaine Hammerstein, as announced in the 11 June 1924 Los Angeles Times item. By that time, Lois Zellner had completed continuity, and George W. Hill was on board to direct. Filming was underway later that month, according to the 29 June 1924 Los Angeles Times, which listed the following shooting locations in Hollywood, CA, and the greater Los Angeles, CA, area: Waldorf Studios, the Lasky Ranch, the Schulberg studio, a street in Hollywood, and two downtown Los Angeles locations. On 8 July 1924, Los Angeles Times reported that the film company was scheduled to leave shortly to shoot a forest fire scene at a wilderness location.
       The film was issued on 15 August 1924. A review in the 14 December 1924 Film Daily noted that distribution was handled by C. B. C. Film Sales via the states’ rights market. Reviews in the 10 December 1924 Variety and 17 January 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review both acknowledged that the title would likely boost ticket sales but had little to do with the actual story. However, although the latter suggested producers had “stuck it on the picture because it sounded a bit suggestive,” it was taken directly from the Dixon novel. Another picture based on Dixon’s novel, also titled The Foolish Virgin, was released by Selznick Pictures Corp. in 1916 (see entry). The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included both the 1916 and 1924 versions on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.