Tide of Empire
| Tide of Empire | |
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| 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 | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound(Synchronized) English Intertitles |
Tide of Empire is a 1929 American synchronized sound Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Renée Adorée and Tom Keene. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
On January 12, 2010, Tide of Empire was released on home video for the first time on DVD on Warner Archive Collection.[1]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (January 2024) |
Cast
[edit]- 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)
Music
[edit]The film features a theme song entitled “Josephita” which was composed by Ray Klages (words) and Jesse Greer (music).
Production
[edit]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 without dialogue and performed badly at the box office.[2] Buster Keaton, who was visiting the set, got cast in a cameo as a drunk getting thrown out of a saloon.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tide of Empire". silentera.com.
- ^ Synopsis at AllMovie
- ^ Who the Devil Made It, Peter Bogdanovich, Random House, 2012.
External links
[edit]
- Tide of Empire at IMDb
- Tide of Empire at tcm.com
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- Still at gettyimages.com
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- 1920s American films
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- Synchronized sound films
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