A producer named Louis Meyer produced the film. He has been confused with Louis B. Mayer of later MGM fame as the two men have like sounding names but different spellings.
The setting is contemporary New York.
Noted collector of silent movies Paul Killiam produced a truncated version with commentary of about fifteen minutes long, but it does not appear to be part of his many compendium television series.
One of three versions (including a German one) of the novel made that year.
The first transformation is achieved off-camera; the second through a couple of jump-cuts.