The scenario was based on the 1920 play, The Hole in the Wall by Fred Jackson. At the time screen rights were purchased by Metro Pictures Corp., the 24 April 1920 Motion Picture News reported that the play was enjoying a successful run at the Punch and Judy Theater in New York City. Months later, the 25 September 1920 and 2 October 1920 issues stated that scenarist Lois Zellner was adapting the play, which was to be filmed at Metro’s New York City studios on West Sixty-first Street, with Leander de Cordova as director. Although the 16 October 1920 Moving Picture World credited the project to Arthur Sawyer and Herbert Lubin of S-L Productions, it was later revealed in the 30 October 1920 edition that they had chosen a different property as a vehicle for their star, Anna Q. Nilsson. That same day, Exhibitors Herald announced that George D. Baker was to produce the film, “under the auspices of Sawyer and Lubin” for release through Metro Pictures Corp.
       The project remained in limbo until 30 July 1921, when Camera listed the title as one of four upcoming Metro “specials” starring Alice Lake. Articles in the 17 September 1921 and 8 October 1921 Moving Picture World noted that production would take place at Metro Studios in Hollywood, CA, with June Mathis as scenarist. A set, described as a “salon of spiritualistic fakers,” was credited to art director Joseph Calder. The completion of principal photography was reported in the 15 October 1921 Camera.
       The Hole in the Wall was released on 12 December 1921, and opened that same week at the Loew’s State Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
       The film was remade by Paramount Pictures Corp. in 1929 (see entry).
       The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.