 L'Herbier revived a scenario which he had written under the title "La Femme de glace" ("Woman of Ice"); when Leblanc declared this to be too abstract for her liking and for American taste, he enlisted Pierre Mac Orlan to revise it according to Leblanc's suggestions, and in its new form it became "L'Inhumaine".The agreement with Leblanc committed her to provide 50% of the costs (envisaged as FF130,000), and she would distribute and promote the film in the United States under the title "The New Enchantment".The remainder of the production costs were met by L'Herbier's own production company Cinégraphic.