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Big Stakes
(1922)

 

This B-studio western, directed by Clifford S. Elfelt, stars J.B. Warner and Elinor Fair, with Ses Bates and Willie May Carson.

coverThe 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, (now distributed by Kino Lorber),
unknown catalog number, UPC 7-84148-01224-7.
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; $29.95.
Release date: 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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.

Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
MILESTONE FILMS through . . .
coverAlpha 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 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; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 12 April 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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