Tide of Empire

Tide of Empire
Tide of Empire
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Peter B. Kyne (novel Argonauts); Waldemar Young (scenario)
Starring	Renée Adorée; Tom Keene
Cinematography	Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Music by	William Axt (uncredited)
Production; company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 23, 1929;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tide of Empire is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Renée Adorée and Tom Keene. The film was originally slated to star Joan Crawford in the female lead, but the final filming had Renée Adorée instead of Crawford. It was one of the last MGM silents and performed badly at the box office.^[1]

On January 12, 2010, Tide of Empire was released on home video for the first time on DVD on Warner Archive Collection.^[2]

Buster Keaton, who was visiting the set, got cast in a cameo as a drunk getting thrown out of a saloon.^[3]

Cast[]

Renée Adorée as Josephita Guerrero
Tom Keene as Dermond D'Arcy (credited as George Duryea)
Fred Kohler as Cannon
George Fawcett as Don Jose
William Collier Jr. as Romaldo
James Bradbury Sr. as Jabez
Harry Gribbon as O'Shea
Paul Hurst as Poppy
Rosita Delmar (uncredited)
Richard Alexander as Gold Miner with Whip (uncredited)
Irving Bacon as Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Burns as Vigilante (uncredited)
Bob Card as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Jim Corey as Raider (uncredited)
Gino Corrado as Carlos Montalvo (uncredited)
Pat Harmon as Raider (uncredited)
Buster Keaton as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Augustina López as Guerreros Servant (uncredited)
Eric Mayne as Don Emilio (uncredited)
Charles Stevens as Indian Servant (uncredited)

References[]

^ Synopsis at AllMovie
^ "Tide of Empire". silentera.com.
^ Who the Devil Made It, Peter Bogdanovich, Random House, 2012.

External links[]

Tide of Empire at IMDb
Tide of Empire at tcm.com
Stills at silenthollywood.com
Still at gettyimages.com

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[1] Synopsis at AllMovie

[2] "Tide of Empire". silentera.com.

[3] Who the Devil Made It, Peter Bogdanovich, Random House, 2012.

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