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Tide of Empire
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6552 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: Renée Adorée [Josephita Guerrero], George Duryea (Tom Keene) [Dermond D’Arcy], George Fawcett [Don José Guerrero], William Collier Jr. (Buster Collier) [Romauldo Guerrero], Fred Kohler [Cannon], James Bradbury Sr. [B. Jabez ‘Bejabbers’ Harmon], Harry Gribbon [O’Shea], Paul Hurst [Poppy]; Gino Corrado [Carlos Montalvo], Augustina López [Guerrero’s servant], Eric Mayne [Don Emilio], Richard Alexander [the gold miner with a whip], Irving Bacon [a townsman], Fred Burns [a vigilante], Bob Card [the fiddle player], George Marion [a man at Wells Fargo], Charles Stevens [an Indian servant], Jim Corey [a raider], Pat Harmon [a raider], Buster Keaton [a drunk cowboy thrown out of the saloon], Rosita Delmar
Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Cosmopolitan Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Continuity (scenario) by Waldemar Young, from the novel Tide of Empire by Peter B. Kyne (Peter Bernard Kyne). Settings (production design) by Cedric Gibbons. Wardrobe (costume design) by David Cox. Song “Josephita” by Jesse Greer (music) and Ray Klages (lyrics). Photography (cinematography) by Merritt B. Gerstad. Film editor, Blanche Sewell. Titles (intertitles written) by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / © 5 March 1929 by Cosmopolitan Productions [LP181]. Released 23 March 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format [?] and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, 15 March 1930, page 106] Hero wins ranch of girl’s father but falls in love with her and gives her the deed. He leaves to hunt for gold. Girl’s father commits suicide and girl seeks hero. Town is attacked by outlaws but repulsed by people of the town. Heroine’s brother is wounded and sentenced to hang for forced part in attack but rescued by hero. They return to the ranch where he marries the girl.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 May 2021.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Bogdanovich-Dwan pp. 85-86; McCaffrey-Guide p. 19; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : ClasIm-204 p. 4; ClasIm-224 p. C14 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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