Believed to be lost, except for one scene included in Paramount's "Movie Milestones" series, as well as a segment in The House That Shadows Built (1931).
In Chicago, airplanes dropped free tickets to the film, and small coins were scattered about town that said "The Miracle Man Is Here" on one side, and "Have faith, Keep this" on the other.
In 1921, Photoplay magazine conducted a poll from readers as to what the best movie made yet had been. This movie ranked number 1, outdoing Charles Chaplin's The Kid (1921) and D.W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919).
The top-grossing US film of 1919.
The original Broadway production of "The Miracle Man" by George M. Cohan opened at the Astor Theater on September 21, 1914 and ran for 97 performances.