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Keno Bates,
Liar
(1915)

This short western film stars William S. Hart and Margaret Thompson, with Herschel Mayall, Louise Glaum and Gordon Mullen.

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

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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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 to $8.98).
Release date: 29 March 2011.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 3 / overall: 3.

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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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

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.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .