Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Man from
Nevada
(1929)
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This western feature, directed by J.P. McGowan, stars Tom Tyler and Natalie Joyce, with Al Ferguson, Alfred Hewston, Kip Cooper, Godfrey Craig and Frank Hall Crane.
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 Undercrank Productions
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection (1929), black & white, 81 minutes total, not rated, including The Law of the Plains (1929), black & white, 36 minutes, not rated, with The Man from Nevada (1929), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.
Undercrank Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 7-45808-09992-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $21.95.
Release date: 6 May 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a 2K high-resolution scan of an archival 35mm print held by the USC HMH Moving Image Archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Ben Model.
Supplemental material includes the featurette “Tom Tyler: A Life in Pictures” (4 minutes).
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (BD-R) edition is available from
UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS through . . .
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 Undercrank Productions
2025 DVD edition
The Tom Tyler Silent Film Collection (1929), black & white, 81 minutes total, not rated, including The Law of the Plains (1929), black & white, 36 minutes, not rated, with The Man from Nevada (1929), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.
Undercrank Productions,
no catalog number, UPC 7-45808-09993-0.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 6 May 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from from a 2K high-resolution scan of an archival 35mm print held by the USC HMH Moving Image Archive.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Ben Model.
Supplemental material includes the featurette “Tom Tyler: A Life in Pictures” (4 minutes).
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS through . . .
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Other silent era J.P. McGOWAN films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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