Tom Tyler on “The Man from Nevada”

As one of Tom Tyler's later silent films – that is, one he made for Syndicate in 1929 and directed by J. P. McGowan, “The Man from Nevada” contains a good dose of what Tom likes to call human interest in the story line which also has several children in the cast.

“I always like to put human interest stuff in my pictures and in 'The Man from Nevada', we have every element that goes to make an entertainment and successful picture, for we have action, scenic beauty, love interest, and human interest as well,” Tom quoted for a press release on the film in The News Chronicle, Shippensburg, PA, January 24, 1930. Some of that interest in includes a baby in the story, and considering the type of onscreen chemistry Tom has had with children in his FBO films, namely, Frankie Darro, that common element would continue to extend into his early talkies such as “Two Fisted Justice” (1931) and “A Rider of the Plains” (1931). It seemed only natural for Tom, for he was just a big boy himself in the western films he made, possessing that kind of rapport with children.

The News Chronicle, Shippensburg, PA, January 24, 1930

 

More will be written about “The Man from Nevada” in this blog later on – yes, there is a special significance to this particular silent film.