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Tide of Empire
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Wikipedia article
'Tide of Empire ' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Rene Adore and Tom Keene. The film was originally slated to star Joan Crawford in the female lead, but the final filming had Rene Adore instead of Crawford. It was one of the last MGM silents and performed badly at the box office.
On January 12, 2010, 'Tide of Empire' was released on home video for the first time on DVD on Warner Archive Collection.
Buster Keaton, who was visiting the set, got cast in a cameo as a drunk getting thrown out of a saloon.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBPHL2sQ3JoC&lpg=PT149&dq=buster%20keaton%20tide%20of%20empire&pg=PT149#v=onepage&q=buster%20keaton%20tide%20of%20empire&f=false 'Who the Devil Made It'], Peter Bogdanovich, Random House, 2012.
Cast
* Rene Adore 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 Lpez as Guerreros Servant (uncredited)
* Eric Mayne as Don Emilio (uncredited)
* Charles Stevens as Indian Servant (uncredited)
References
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