Tide of Empire
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On January 12, 2010, Tide of Empire was released on home video for the first time on DVD on Warner Archive Collection.[1]
Plot
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)
Music
The film features a theme song entitled “Josephita” which was composed by Ray Klages (words) and Jesse Greer (music).
Production
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 films without dialogue and performed badly at the box office.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Buster Keaton, who was visiting the set, got cast in a cameo as a drunk getting thrown out of a saloon.[2]
Censorship
When Tide of Empire was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. The Chicago Board of Censors required the elimination of all execution scenes, which required the addition of film to maintain the synchronized sound track and maintain the continuity of the dialog sequences.[3]
See also
References
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External links
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- Tide of Empire at tcm.com
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- Still at gettyimages.com
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- 1929 films
- 1929 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Allan Dwan
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- Synchronized sound films
- Films scored by William Axt
- English-language Western (genre) films