Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection Blu-ray

Undercrank Productions will release on Blu-ray Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection (1929). The-double feature release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 6.

Label description: Best known today for his later roles as Captain Marvel (1941) and The Phantom (1943), this collection brings together two of Tom Tyler's last silent features: The Man from Nevada (1929) and Law of the Plains (1929), unseen for over 90 years.

Produced by J. P. McGowan and distributed by Syndicate Pictures, these B-westerns were the bread and butter of most small-town theaters in the 1920s and 1930s. Just as the careers of western stars like William S. Hart and Tom Mix were winding down, Tyler emerged as a new breed of wholesome cowboy hero. In The Man From Nevada, Tyler gallops to the rescue of Natalie Joyce and her family, protecting them from a villian who threatens to rob their homestead. Tyler is a fast riding, straight shooting rancher in Law of the Plains, avenging the death of his father against a gang of outlaws led by J. P. McGowan.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM A NITRATE PRINT of The Man from Nevada by USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive
• NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM A NITRATE PRINT of Law of the Plains by Undercrank Productions
• Musical scores by Ben Model
• REGION-FREE