Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Better Man
Wins
(1922)
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This independent studio western, directed by Marcel Perez, stars Pete Morrison with Dorothy Wood, E.L. Van Sickle and Jack Walters.
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 Grapevine Video
2011 DVD edition
The Better Man Wins (1922), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Jumping Beans (1922), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10441-1.
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 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: May 2011.
Country of origin: USA •
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print. The natural-speed video transfer is soft in picture details with some occasional blasted-out highlights and dense shadows. The print itself has the usual amount of dust, speckling, emulsion scuffing (hidden a bit by the low-resolution transfer), a number of processing defects and other minor schmutz.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting low-fi music sources.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Better Man Wins (1922), black & white, 64 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
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 music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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