Be sure to check out Laura’s personal blog, "Laura's Miscellaneous Musings" which can be viewed here.
If you decide to purchase a copy of the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” on Blu-ray or DVD, please leave a rating and review for it at Amazon. Tom and I are looking forward to hearing what you have to say about this top-notch silent film restoration.
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Tom Tyler fan and owner of the western blog Rough Edges James Reasoner has written two glowing reviews on the newly released silent films “Law of the Plains” and “The Man from Nevada” which are on the Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection, released on the Undercrank Productions label in 2025.
You can read the reviews here:
Rough Edges – Law of the Plains
Rough Edges – The Man from Nevada
Finally, if you own a blog or silent film or western themed site and are interested in reviewing the Blu-ray/DVD release of the Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection, please let us know, we are happy to send you a copy of the Blu-ray or DVD as desired. If you do not own a site and still want to write a review, the Amazon product page is always a great place to publish your review.
Enjoy reading these reviews!
And now, for the reviews! Our most recent ones are as follows:
“Ben Model, Keeping Silent Movies Alive and Well”, by Jeremy Carr at Film International.
“A ‘Missionary’ for Movie History Explores ‘The Silent Film Universe’ in an Essential New Book” by Jim Hemphill at IndieWire.
“Physical Media Rules: The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection (2025)” by Scott Marks at San Diego Reader.
Please remember to leave a review of “The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” at Amazon here to encourage more people interested in Tom Tyler, his westerns, westerns in general, or just to help support spread the news of the newly restored “The Man from Nevada” and “Law of the Plains”, both from 1929.
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| Screenshot from "Law of the Plains" |
A more recent review by Phil Hall at the website Cinema Crazed provides the following: “Considering that neither “The Law of the Plains” nor “The Man from Nevada” have been seen in over 90 years, their return is one of the most welcome happenings in this year’s home entertainment releases.” Phil’s review can be read here.
Finally, if you are a Kickstarter backer of the Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection, or purchased a DVD or Blu-ray copy online recently, please leave a review at Amazon here to encourage more people interested in Tom Tyler, his westerns, westerns in general, or just to help support spread the news of the newly restored “The Man from Nevada” and “Law of the Plains”, both from 1929.
After all, it was not that long ago when “The Man from Nevada” was considered to be a lost silent film.
Probably one of the best reviews of the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” released by Undercrank Productions appears on the website PopMatters. Written by Michael Barrett, this is the type of review that briefly explores Tom’s ethnic background which I previously wrote about here back in 2017, in addition to information about Tom’s later career spanning from the late 1930’s until his death in 1953. Michael Barrett certainly did his homework while commenting on the plots of “Law of the Plains” and “The Man from Nevada”, citing historical context within recent memory of revolutions taking place in the former silent film, and Tom’s basic cowboy character in what otherwise seems to be routine westerns in the latter silent film.
Enjoy reading this silent film review of the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” at PopMatters.
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| Scene from "Law of the Plains" 1929 |
The reviews for the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” released by Undercrank Productions and now available on DVD and Blu-ray keep coming in! Comments overall are encouraging so far, especially with the silent film restoration quality of the picture, in addition to silent films made during the end of their era when synchronized sound films were being made, and the larger movie houses were being outfitted to play these new sound films. Small town neighborhood cinemas, however, were still many when it came to playing silent films, and Tom Tyler was a favorite when his silent westerns “The Man from Nevada” and “Law of the Plains”, both from 1929, disappeared from the silver screen.
Jeffrey Kauffman wrote a review at Blu-ray.com with a number of screencaps from “The Man from Nevada” and “Law of the Plains”. Nicholas Sheffo at Fulvue Drive-In website also wrote a review, minus screenshots but worth reading.
Finally, there is a five-star rating and review by M. J. Jensen on the Amazon product page for the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” that is worth reading and sharing.
If you decide to purchase a copy of the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection”, please leave a rating and review for it at Amazon. Tom and I are looking forward to hearing what you have to say about this top-notch silent film restoration.
Movie of the Month: The Man from Nevada
Finally, if you would like to review the Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection and be published on the Aventuras de Tom Tyler blog, please drop me a line at aventurasdetomtyler at triggertom.com – we would love to hear your thoughts on this brand-new restoration of two long-forgotten Tom Tyler silent westerns!
The day has finally come! The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection containing two newly 2K restorations of “The Man from Nevada” and “Law of the Plains”, both released in 1929, are finally available for pre-ordering! The Kickstarter for this Tom Tyler project was hugely successful for Tom Tyler fans across the genres of silent film, western, and serial fans, with a good dose of the Universal horror fans who recognize Tom as the frightening, glowing-eyed mummy from “The Mummy’s Hand” (1940). Silent film restoration to the final product of DVD and Blu-ray are a lot of work, but as with everything else that comes with Tom Tyler, he is definitely worth it.
You can pre-order your DVD or Blu-ray copy from any of the links below:
A huge, huge thank you to everyone who supported this silent film project, to all Tom Tyler fans everywhere, to Ben Model, Crystal Kui, and the rest of the players who made this DVD/Blu-ray possible. And many thanks to future generations of Tom Tyler fans who will appreciate his contributions to the film industry.
