The $5,000 check Leary receives as a retainer by the Milk Trust would equate to over $65,000 in 2018.
This film has been preserved by the Library of Congress.
The Rex Theatre in Spartanburg, SC, invited "Fat Folks Free" as a publicity stunt for this film, with patrons weighing more than 225 pounds, as measured by the scales in the lobby, were given free admission. (Spartanburg Herald, 26 January 1921)