The character Eli Potter states that he almost 80 years old, but actor Clem Bevans was actually 61 when this was filmed.
Zeffie Tilbury and Vera Lewis play mother and daughter, yet were only 10 years apart in age.
The play of the same title by Benjamin M. Kaye opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 48th St. on 31 August 1926 and ran for 71 performances.
Although the map is upside down, the land to be acquired is in Ulster County, New York - specifically the land around the Ashokan Reservoir - the lake on the map. That reservoir is used as a source of water for New York City, about 93 miles away, and was completed in 1915.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Tuesday 25 September 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Albuquerque Friday 28 September 1956 on KOAT (Channel 7), in Indianapolis Thursday 22 November 1956 on WTTV (Channel 10), in San Francisco Sunday 13 January 1957 on KPIX (Channel 5), and in New York City Sunday 5 May 1957 on WABD (Channel 5).