Filming began on 7 November 1918, but was interrupted less than an hour later when (false) reports that the war was over reached Paramount, and everyone was sent home for the rest of the day.
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
Dance star Ted Shawn appears with Gloria Swanson as the faun in a fantasy sequence. While Shawn appeared in a number of silent films (including a series of short films with Norma Gould for the Edison Company), his wife, Ruth St. Denis always denied working in silent films, though both dancers are featured in the famous Babylonian step scene in Intolérance (1916).