GenreWestern CinematographyMerritt B. Gerstad LanguageEnglish
WriterPeter B. Kyne, Waldemar Young Release dateApril 23, 1929 (1929-04-23) CastRenée Adorée (Josephita), Tom Keene (Dermod D'Arcy), George Fawcett (Don Jose Guerrero), William Collier Jr. (Romauldo Guerrero), Fred Kohler (Cannon), James Bradbury Sr. (B. Jabez Bejabbers Harmon) Similar moviesRelated Allan Dwan movies
Tide of Empire (1929) is an American western film directed by Allan Dwan. The film stars Renée Adorée and Tom Keene. The film was originally slated to star Joan Crawford in the female lead, but the final filming had Renée Adorée instead of Crawford.
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.