^Jeff Codori Colleen Moore: A Biography of the Silent Film Star 0786488999
2012- Page 226 "The decision to cast James Ford did not work out. Discovered by Corinne Griffith in The Divine Lady, William Seiter picked him for The Outcast using the “camera-test method.”26 “James Ford, formerly an extra, picked to play the male lead opposite Colleen Moore in Synthetic Sin, was discovered after four days to be not suited for the role and was replaced by Antonio Moreno.”27"