A remake of the 1926 film The Unknown Cavalier (1926) which stared Ken Maynard in John Wayne's role.
Debut of actress Helen Dickson .
The judge in Desolation has his suit coat covered in newspaper with the headline "Dewey Takes Manila". That event of the Spanish-American War took place on 1 May 1898, so that indicates the time depicted in this film to after that date.