 It was made by Commonwealth Pictures, a company formed in October 1920 with Eric Griffin as managing director at a value of £10,000.They hired John K. Wells to direct; he was an American who moved to Australia with Wilfred Lucas to work as an assistant director.The movie was shot in and around Sydney, including at Randwick racecourse and at Camden, with interiors at E. J. Carroll's studio at Palmerston in Waverly.