TIDE OF EMPIRE (1929) Renée Adorée, Tom Keene & George Fawcett | Western | B&W | Timeless Film

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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.

Synopsis:

California's gold dicovery in 1848 draws a "tide of empire" to the area, which becomes ripe for bandits.

Cast & Crew:

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

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

Production Company Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release Date April 23, 1929
Running Time 73 minutes
Country United States
Languages Sound (Synchronized), English Intertitles