Producer-star Charles Ray sank most of his fortune into this movie, which wound up costing over $1 million. It was a catastrophic failure and permanently damaged Ray's career.
A full-scale reproduction of the Mayflower was constructed on a sound stage located at 1725-1735 Fleming St. (now Hoover St.) in the Silver Lake district of Hollywood. The site, originally home to the Lubin and Kalem film companies, has been acquired by Charles Ray in 1922, and he had constructed a state-of-the-art sound stage with a tank specifically for this film. When Ray's company went bankrupt, the studio changed hands several times (Monogram purchased it in 1942) and it is now owned by KCET, the Los Angeles station of the Public Broadcasting System.
This is considered a lost film. No prints are known to exist.
The log cabins built for this film were moved to Rustic Canyon in Pacific Palisades, CA. At this writing (January 2001), the largest--once owned by Daryl Hannah--is the center of some controversy over whether it should be demolished, as it has seriously deteriorated. The other two are still being used as residences.
Debut of actress Carmencita Johnson who started her career as a baby.
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