How time flies when life happens but Tom Tyler is part of that life! Another year has passed with the success of my Aventuras de Tom Tyler website and blog, not to mention an ever-increasing interest in Tom himself. As the saying goes, “If you build a website, they will come.” This article however is not about the many hours of research and work but rather a celebration of Tom Tyler – just like the site Aventuras de Tom Tyler is. Having said all this, here are the milestones which took place between 2015 and December 2021:
August 2015. The previously thought lost Monogram Pictures western “The Man from New Mexico” (1932) surfaced at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York.
September 2015. This milestone is the icing on the cake to date: Tom Tyler’s long thought lost serial made for Universal, “Jungle Mystery” (1932) surfaced, was restored, and exhibited at Cinecon the following year in September 2016. While this has not yet been released on DVD, the potential exists, which is important.
May 2016. The previously thought lost Syndicate Pictures silent film “The Man from Nevada” (1929) surfaced at the USC Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive.
December 2016. The Aventuras de Tom Tyler blog started. To date, it has 190 blog posts and over 30,000 post views total.
January 2017. A monthly newsletter was sent to those who signed up to receive it. The newsletter lasted for two years before going on hiatus due to time constraints.
June 2017. A second print of “The Man from Nevada” (1929) surfaced at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
August 2017. One of Tom Tyler’s silent films from 1928, “The Phantom of the Range”, made it to Youtube. The quality is not the best, the intertitles are in Castilian, and there is no music to accompany it. Correspondence with the poster of the video revealed it was from a 16mm rental film print in Madrid.
August 2017. “The Adventures of Captain Marvel” was released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber to coincide with the upcoming “Shazam!” 2018 action film starring Zachary Levi.
October 2017. The renowned Mixed Martial Arts reporter, Mike Radich interviews Tom Tyler’s biographer Mike Chapman and posted it on Youtube.
May 2018. Two of Tom’s silent films made for FBO were removed from “7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)” published by the Library of Congress: “Lightning Lariats” (1927), plus a segment of "The Avenging Rider" (1928) have surfaced at Gosfilmofond in Moscow, Russia; “Cyclone of the Range” (1927) surfaced at Filmoteca Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.
May 2019. Dario Lavia of Cineficción Radio and the Cinefania website mentions the Aventuras de Tom Tyler blog in his book, “Weird Western” Third Edition. The blog article “Lost in translation: How ‘Tyrant of Red Gulch’ became ‘The Sorcerer’ across the pond” is listed under the entry for “Tyrant of Red Gulch” (1928).
March 2021. Tom’s Universal serial “Phantom of the Air” (1933) was released on Blu-ray by VCI Entertainment.
I will also add the following: in 2022, more exciting milestones are to come. As usual, all and any new news on Tom Tyler and the rediscovering of his lost silent films will appear on this blog.
An enormous thank you to everyone who has visited Aventuras de Tom Tyler since its inception in 2015, this blog, and social media pages. Because Tom Tyler is worth it.
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