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Tide of Empire
(1929)
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This Cosmopolitan Productions western, directed by Allan Dwan, features Renée Adorée and George Duryea (Tom Keene).
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 Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition
Tide of Empire (1929), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-22740-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 12 January 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from very-good to excellent 35mm archival print materials, and is presented as originally broadcast on Turner Classic Movies. Some missing intertitles have been replaced with new intertitles set in a modern typeface.
The film is accompanied by its original 1929 synchronized music and sound effects soundtrack.
This is the only home video edition of the film that we are aware of.
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