The film’s working title was The Lagoon of Desire, after the 1921 W. F. Alder novel upon which it was based. Alder and his producing partner, S. M. Unander, established the Far East Productions Company in order to make this film and others “in remote and picturesque quarters of the globe,” as stated in the 19 November 1921 Motion Picture News. The production was said to be the first “dramatic spectacle” shot in the South Seas by a company of film players who had travelled there for that purpose.
       Cast and crew left for Tahiti by boat in August 1921, departing from San Francisco, CA. On 12 November 1921, Moving Picture World announced that director Arthur Rosson and company had just returned to Los Angeles, CA, following the completion of principal photography. Although the item named John Boyle as the cinematographer, the 1922-1923 Film Daily Year Book later listed Arthur Ross (a.k.a. W. Arthur Ross) in the same role. The cast was said to include Princess Teri'inui o Tahiti, who was incorrectly identified in Moving Picture World as “Princess Pomare.” Also featured was a dancer named Paki, incorrectly referred to as “Pati” in a February 1922 Motion Picture Magazine article, which likened the Tahitian performer to Polish actress Pola Negri, calling her “the Negri of the South Seas…the Pola of Papeete,” and noting that she had won a three-thousand-franc prize for “the best upaupa dancer on the Island of Tahiti.”
       Lead actress Ruth Renick wrote accounts of her travels to Tahiti, which were published in the February 1922 and March 1922 issues of Photoplay. Renick noted that some filming took place on the island of Moorea, and also at the home of Queen Marau, which she referred to as “Papara nui Aoro Huarea Apateae,” or “the House of the Highest of This Land.” Renick described the residence as “a rambling white affair” with fifteen rooms, and claimed it was the largest in Tahiti. The actress also recalled the friendship she developed with Princess Teri'inui o Tahiti, who taught her some Tahitian language and customs.
       Following the cast and crew’s return in November 1921, the film was edited and finished between December 1921 and January 1922. A news brief in the 28 January 1922 Camera announced that Alder and Unander had recently travelled to New York City with a print of the picture, still titled The Lagoon of Desire. A New York City opening, under the revised title The Fire Bride, followed on the week of 13 Mar 1922. A general release was set to occur on 15 March 1922, according to various contemporary sources including the 11 Mar 1922 Motion Picture News. An article in the 18 Mar 1922 Motion Picture News noted that Wid Gunning also planned to release The Madness of Love (1922, see entry) in the same week.
       Foreign rights were sold to the Apollo Trading Corporation, as stated in the 15 Apr 1922 Motion Picture News.
       Following the release of The Fire Bride, Alder planned to produce more films in Asia, according to a 1 April 1922 Camera brief. One of the projects was set to include a film titled The Flying Fox, to be directed by Edwin Carewe.