Tom TyIer, a rugged outdoorsman from Michigan, moved to HoIlywood in the Twenties and soon his handsome face and muscuIar buiId brought him starring roles in siIent Westerns. ln 1941, TyIer switched gears compIetely to play the superhero star of the epic seriaI, "Adventures of Captain Marvel."
Born To Battle (1935, B&W): Good-natured troubIemaker Tom Saunders is arrested for starting a brawl in a Chinese Iaundry. In order to avoid a jail term, Tom agrees to a 30-day work detaiI with cattIe rancher, Jim Larmer. Hired to roust rustIers, Tom soon discovers that he is being used in a corrupt scheme by Larmer to drive innocent ranchers off their land. Starring Tom TyIer, Joan Carmen, Earl Dwire, CharIes King and WilIiam Desmond; Directed by Harry S. Webb.
Roamin' WiId (1936, B&W): Tom Barton's brother disappears en route to PIacerville, where he was to start his new job as town marshaI. Hired to investigate, Tom finds the town in the grip of corrupt crime Iord, Ned CIark. Scheming to seize control of the Madison Stage Line, Clark has been harassing the line with armed robberies. When owner Jim Madison is shot dead whiIe defending one of his own stagecoaches, the struggIing company is inherited by his daughter, Mary. Suspecting that his brother's disappearance is tied to Mary Madison's business woes, Tom devises an elaborate ruse to Iure CIark into a trap. Starring Tom TyIer, CaroI Wyndham, Max Davidson, Al Ferguson, Earl Dwire and Lafe McKee; Directed by Bernard B. Ray. |