While Weber was praised for her direction in "A Chapter in Her Life", "critics felt the film's subject matter – a young girl whose love and faith transform the troubled adults in her life – was ultimately out of step with the times. "Film Daily" dubbed the material 'old fashioned', with other critics objecting to the film's 'Pollyanna' themes." Weber subsequently left Universal, vowing not to produce any films for a while, intending to write plays and a novel instead. She traveled to Europe again and spent time at the Colorado summer home of her friend, novelist Margaretta Tuttle, who had written the novel "Feet of Clay" (later made into a 1924 film by Cecil B. deMille), saying she would remain on vacation until the censors "came to their senses".