Recapping 2024: Aventuras de Tom Tyler

It goes without saying that 2024 was a very exciting year for Aventuras de Tom Tyler. Not only is this year the ten-year anniversary of the website, but the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” Kickstarter was successful, Tyler fan G. Michael Dobbs is writing a book on Tom’s career, and the hunt continues for Tom’s lost silent films and lost Monogram Pictures films. The lost Monogram titles are: "Partners of the Trail" (1931), "The Man from Death Valley" (1931), "Galloping Thru" (1931), and "Vanishing Men" (1932). To find out which of Tom’s silent films are still lost, please check each individual silent film entry for the 1920’s on the following Aventuras de Tom Tyler page here. 

An angel donor is still being sought to have “The Man from New Mexico” (1932) at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York restored. If you know of anyone willing to be an angel donor, please contact me by email aventurasdetomtyler_@_triggertom.com (remove the underscores).

Since 2025 marks the 100th year since Tom Tyler made his silent film starring role debut in “Let’s Go Gallagher” (1925), there is much hope this one will resurface in the new year. 

Finally, may all readers of this blog have a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year, let’s make 2025 the best year yet for Tom Tyler!

What’s next now that the Tom Tyler Kickstarter met its goal?

First of all, I want to thank everyone who made the Kickstarter a huge success – to the backers, Ben Model, and to everyone who helped spread the word about the Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection Kickstarter.

As of today, Friday, May 24, 2024, there are still nine days left to go with the Kickstarter, so if you would like to be among the first to receive a Blu-ray of “The Man from Nevada” and “Law of the Plains”, both from 1929, you have time to make a pledge until June 2, 2024, 5:54 PM Eastern Time.

Backers of this Kickstarter will receive regular updates on the progress of the project directly through the Kickstarter site. As stated in the Kickstarter pitch, December 2024 is the expected date for the completion of the Blu-ray. This project is certainly timely enough, for it marks Tom Tyler’s 100-year anniversary since he started appearing in bit roles in Hollywood, such as Elinor Glyn’s “Three Weeks” (1924).

Finally, Tom Tyler fan G. Michael Dobbs is in the process of writing a book about Tom. Unlike the 2005 biography written by Mike Chapman, the new book will be about Tom’s unique film career as a leading man in B-westerns from the silent film era through the 1930’s, plus his supporting roles in A-films like “The Talk of the Town” (1942) and of course “Stagecoach” (1939).

The Kickstarter link is here for those who would still like to make a pledge:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/aventurasdetomtyler/the-tom-tyler-silent-film-collection