This film was announced as Monta Bell’s next directorial effort in a 28 May 1924 Los Angeles Times item, which noted that the writer-director had recently been “discovered” by producer Harry Rapf. The 23 July 1924 Variety claimed that Rapf had brought Bell with him to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures after leaving Warner Bros. Pictures, where Bell had made his directorial debut with How to Educate a Wife (1924, see entry). The Snob was to be Bell’s second at M-G-M, following Broadway After Dark (1924, see entry). As noted in various contemporary sources, Bell began his career as a journalist, and later worked as a “scenarist and literary advisor” to Charlie Chaplin, as stated in Los Angeles Times.
       An item in the 23 July 1924 Variety reported that Bell was frustrated with delays at M-G-M, and had since received offers from other studios. However, two unnamed writers were said to be working on the script for The Snob and were expected to finish it shortly. Norma Shearer’s casting was announced in the 2 August 1924 Los Angeles Times. Days later, the 6 August 1924 Variety indicated that filming was set to begin that week at M-G-M’s studio in Culver City, CA, and named Miss DuPont as one of the cast members. The 7 August 1924 Los Angeles Times stated that John Gilbert had been cast in the lead role of “Eugene Curry” after “many leading men refused to accept” the role due to its unsympathetic nature.
       While filming was underway, the set was visited by Secretary of Commerce and future U.S. President Herbert Hoover, according to a news brief in the 19 August 1924 Los Angeles Times, which claimed that Hoover and Bell had previously met during Bell’s tenure as managing editor at the Washington Herald. The following month, a 20 September 1924 Exhibitors Herald item noted that Bell had cast eight dancers from a theater company performing in Shuffle Along, a musical with an all-Black cast which had debuted on Broadway in 1921.
       The Snob opened in early November 1924. Despite mixed reviews, the June 1924 issue of The Educational Screen listed it as one of “The Ten Best [Films] for 1924-25.”
       The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included the picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.