
ThefirstproductionofMaxwellProductions.TheproductionwasshotinrentedspaceattheUniversalStudiosinCalifornia.ThefilmwasannouncedforreleasethroughTheGeneralFilmCompany,Incorporated,inDecember1918,butmaynothavebeeninfactdistributed.In1920,FidelityPicturesCompanyacquiredthefilm,cutittosixreels,andreleasedinontheStateRightsmarket.ByMay1920,thefilmwasreviewedunderthetitleFrivoloousWives,butthefilmappearstohavebeendistributedunderbothtitlesthroughout1920.AfterValentino’ssuccessinTheFourHorsemenoftheApocalypse(1921),MaxwellrereleasedwhatisbelievedtobeareeditedversionofthefilmunderthetitleFrivolousWives.VideoproducerDavidShepardaddedfootagefoundintheLibraryofCongressandinBelgiumandLuxembourgtoanexistingprintofFrivolousWivestoreconstructTheMarriedVirgin.

