Metro Pictures Corp.’s purchase of screen rights for William Dudley Pelley’s original story was reported in the 23 November 1922 Film Daily. According to the 18 November 1922 Camera, actress Viola Dana and director William Beaudine were scheduled to begin production at Metro Studios in Hollywood, CA, during the following week.
       The 23 December 1922 Camera revealed that character actor Alan Hale was forced to withdraw from the project due to a severe case of tonsilitis, which had derailed his singing career four years earlier. He was currently recovering from a tonsillectomy. The start of principal photography was announced in the same issue. An item in the 5 January 1923 Film Daily included Noah Beery among the cast.
       Articles in the 9 January 1923 [El Paso, TX] Herald and the 25 February 1923 [Mansfield, OH] News reported that location filming took place in Fullerton, CA. While performing a scene at a train station, co-star Huntly Gordon was mobbed by forty students from a private girls’ school and received letters from each of the girls several days later. The 15 March 1923 [Elmira, NY] News later claimed that half of Fullerton’s school children skipped classes to watch the shoot. The 8 February 1923 [Harrisburg, PA] Evening News reported that Viola Dana wore $55,000 in jewels while on location, requiring “a special watchman” assigned by the company insuring the gems.
       An incident was described in the 9 January 1923 Los Angeles Times in which rotund stunt actress Kate Price accidentally collapsed a bedroom set after forcing open a malfunctioning door. Filming was delayed for approximately one hour while the set was repaired.
       The 10 February 1923 Los Angeles Times and May 1923 Motion Picture later reported that Viola Dana worked long hours to complete the picture ahead of schedule, allowing her time for an appendectomy before starting her next production. Following the surgery, Metro staff members screened the film for Dana in her hospital room.
       Her Fatal Millions was released on 9 April 1923, followed by openings during the week of 27 May 1923 at Loew’s State Theatre in Boston, MA, and at the Park Theatre in Cleveland, OH; on 13 July 1923 at Loew’s New York Theatre in New York City; and on 22 July 1923 at Loew’s State Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. The 2 Aug 1923 Variety reported gross receipts of $4,420 from the New York City opening, considered to be substandard for the venue.
       An item in the 28 January 1923 [Great Falls, MT] Tribune stated that Pelley’s story was soon to be published in “a national magazine with wide circulation.”
       According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.