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Keno Bates,
Liar
(1915)
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This short western film stars William S. Hart and Margaret Thompson, with Herschel Mayall, Louise Glaum and Gordon Mullen.
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 Grapevine Video
2005 DVD edition
The Films of William S. Hart (1915), black & white, 74 minutes total, not rated, including Keno Bates, Liar (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, 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; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: April 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R collection of William S. Hart two-reelers has been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting low-fidelity recordings.
This is only marginally our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2011 DVD edition
William S. Hart: Knight of the Trail (1915-1927), black & white, 80 minutes total, not rated, including Keno Bates, Liar [The Last Card] (1915), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6522D, UPC 0-89218-65229-4.
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 4.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised again to $9.99).
Release date: 29 March 2011.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from an 8mm reduction print of the rerelease version of the film retitled The Last Card. For a reduction print, there is a reasonable amount of image detail, with dust, speckling and other print flaws visible.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack culled from preexisting low-fidelity recordings.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Keno Bates, Liar (1915), black & white, 27 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; $9.99.
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 WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.
Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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