Anecdotes

Following political pressure from the UK, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer withdrew this film from British territories following its initial theatrical run.

Director Rex Ingram and wife Alice Terry adopted the Arab boy Kada-Abd-el Kader as their protégé.

This film was considered "lost" for many years, until it was finally reconstructed from surviving, but incomplete material in various archives. Some resultant editing glitches have been observed by modern day eagle-eyed enthusiasts, and, apparently, a scene in an aquarium, represented by a well-known often published still, a two-color version of which has been posted on IMDb, is apparently still missing.

Michael Powell worked as an apprentice on this film, a position secured for him by Harry Lachman.

An announcement in February 27th, 1925, issue of the Film Daily, the film was just wrapping pre-production at the time. It was reported that Millie Impolito, Marcel Lesieur, Michel Floresco and others had been cast, but it is unclear if they appeared in the finished film.