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]
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The film features a theme song entitled “Josephita” which was composed by Ray Klages (words) and Jesse Greer (music).
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]