 The film played in ten cities across the United States in the wide-screen Vitascope (65mm) version, while the rest of the country (which did not yet have theaters capable of playing widescreen films) were provided with standard 35mm prints.Otis Skinner at 73 was up in age when he made the film.He was younger at 53 when he premiered the Broadway play in 1911, and it was the hit of his long career.