Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Big Stakes
(1922)
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This B-studio western, directed by Clifford S. Elfelt, stars J.B. Warner and Elinor Fair, with Ses Bates and Willie May Carson.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2014 DVD edition
Big Stakes (1922), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Ramona (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate print held by the Library of Congress.
The presentation is likely to be accompanied by a modern music score.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2016 DVD edition
Big Stakes (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with A Desperate Chance (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7787D, UPC 0-89218-77879-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 12 April 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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