Cinematographer Harry Fischbeck quit after a conflict with director Joseph Henabery and was replaced by Devereaux Jennings.
The original Broadway production of "Cobra" by Martin Brown opened at the Hudson Theater on April 22, 1924 and ran for 63 performances.
This was the first film from the production company of star Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova, who had a small part. Reportedly, Rambova began to rewrite the script almost immediately after filming began, and made such a mess of it that the studio called in veteran screenwriter June Mathis to do a complete rewrite.