Clifford McCarty wrote that Warner Bros. publicity department had altered it to January 23, 1900 "to foster the view that a man born on Christmas Day couldn't really be as villainous as he appeared to be on screen".
Clifford McCarty manulis wantah departemen publisitas Warner Bros. sampun ngubahin dados 23 Januari 1900 "antuk numbuhang sinahang wantah jadma muani sane embas saking rahina Natal nenten manawi yakti-yakti jahat sakadi sane kasinah ring layar".