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film directed by Allan Dwan and starring

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and Tom Keene. The film was originally slated to star

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in the female lead, but the final filming had Renée Adorée 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

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. Buster Keaton, who was visiting the set, got cast in a cameo as a drunk getting thrown out of a saloon.''Who the Devil Made It''

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, Random House, 2012.

Cast

as Josephita Guerrero * Tom Keene as Dermond D'Arcy (credited as George Duryea) *

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as Cannon *

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as Don Jose * William Collier Jr. as Romaldo * James Bradbury Sr. as Jabez * Harry Gribbon as O'Shea *

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as Poppy * Rosita Delmar (uncredited) * Richard Alexander as Gold Miner with Whip (uncredited) * Irving Bacon as Townsman (uncredited) *

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as Vigilante (uncredited) * Bob Card as Fiddle Player (uncredited) *

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as Raider (uncredited) *

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as Carlos Montalvo (uncredited) *

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as Raider (uncredited) * Buster Keaton as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) *

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as Guerreros Servant (uncredited) * Eric Mayne as Don Emilio (uncredited) * Charles Stevens as Indian Servant (uncredited)

References

External links

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