More reviews of “The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection”

Screenshot from "Law of the Plains"

The reviews for “The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” from Undercrank Productions keep coming in! Lea Stans of the website Silent-ology sings the praises of Tom Tyler as being “Hero of the Bs” – that is, hero of the B-westerns, which he was during the first two decades of his acting career, with a dose of supporting roles in other films and of course the two superheros, Captain Marvel AKA Shazam and The Phantom. Her review can be read here.

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.

Review of the “Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection” at PopMatters

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.

More reviews on The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection

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.

Silent Film Review: The Man from Nevada 1929

The reviews keep coming in for the Tom Tyler Silent Film Collections from Undercrank Productions which has an official release date of May 6, 2025! This glowing review is for the Tom Tyler silent film “The Man from Nevada” (1929) which is in this collection, written by film historian and author J. B. Kaufman, an authority on Disney animated films and American silent films. This entry is on Kaufman’s website as “Movie of the Month” which is in many ways an ideal selection for Tom, considering it was published on the 71st anniversary of his passing, May 1, 1954. You can read the silent film review here:

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!

Film review on The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection at Silent Era

I am happy to report that the first silent film reviews of Tom Tyler’s newly restored “Law of the Plains” and “The Man from Nevada”, both from 1929 in The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection  (Undercrank Productions 2025), have been written by Carl Bennett and posted on his comprehensive Silent Era website! The reviews are located here:

"Law of the Plains" (1929) film review 

"The Man from Nevada" (1929) film review 

Please share these reviews across your social media pages and film forums across the Internet as this will help Tom Tyler get the exposure he deserves!

The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection ready for pre-ordering

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:

Undercrank Productions

Deep Discount

Amazon

Movies Unlimited

Critic's Choice Video

Wow HD

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.

Tom Tyler in “Screen Oddities” by Captain Roscoe Fawcett

Can you imagine being alive back in 1933, reading the local newspaper and catching a glimpse of an illustrated version of Tom Tyler in a comics panel? Aptly named “Screen Oddities” and created by Roscoe Kent Fawcett, this particular comic panel brought unusual tidbits of information about popular Hollywood stars of the era to many readers. Even though “Screen Oddities” was drawn and circulated for eight years, many digital copies of the comics panel have survived in online newspaper archives. “Screen Oddities” was written and illustrated in the style of Robert Ripley’s decades-popular “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” comics panel which began in 1918 and continues until this day by various comics artists, long after the originator’s death in 1949.

Roscoe Fawcett was the co-owner and publisher of Fawcett Comics from the years 1940 to 1954. This division fell under the parent company of Fawcett Publications. Tom Tyler is no stranger to Fawcett Publications, having appeared in the very first superhero movie ever made, “Adventures of Captain Marvel” (1941) – a superhero originally published by Fawcett. Born in 1913 in Ramsey, Minnesota, Roscoe’s comics panel covered unusual facts about stars such as Joan Crawford, Gene Lockhart, Harold Lloyd, William Powell, Kay Francis – and Tom Tyler.

The depiction of Tom dressed as the Mountie Clancy from the Universal serial "Clancy of the Mounted" (1933) which was exhibited at theatres during that year is somewhat humorous at first sight. Tom Tyler is indeed dressed up as a Mountie, with his hat on, and a peek at sideview of his horse, with most of the animal's body obscured by the panel's border. What is the "oddity" on Tom Tyler? Why, the fact he was a champion weightlifter. Roscoe Fawcett drew the largest pair of Milo weights possible that would fit into the space at the bottom of the panel, with the accompanying text: "Tom Tyler: Appearing in 'Clancy of the Mounted' is an Olympic weightlifting champion." This no doubt is a reference to Tom's being selected for the 1928 Summer Olympics weightlifting team that was held in Amsterdam that year, even though the United States weightlifting team was never sent. Tom is lifting up two gigantic weights, one in each hand, as if they were books instead of 100-plus pound weights. Two other Hollywood stars which share that same panel space is Will Rogers, and the beautiful Olga Baclanova.

From The Saginaw News, June 23, 1933

Sometimes signing “Screen Oddities” as Captain Rosco[e] Fawcett, the panel was distributed by Bell Syndicate during the eight years it was drawn. Fawcett died on December 23 in 1999 in Minnesota.