Paramount spent nine months looking for an actress to star as Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie's contract for the rights gave him star approval, and Paramount was unable to find an actress whom Barrie approved until they tested the then-unknown Betty Bronson.
This was the first time that Tinkerbell was played by an actress as opposed to simply a spotlight on the stage.
Esther Ralston and Mary Brian, who play mother and daughter in this film, were only three and a half years apart in age.