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The Better Man
Wins
(1922)

This independent studio western, directed by Marcel Perez, stars Pete Morrison with Dorothy Wood, E.L. Van Sickle and Jack Walters.

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 •

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.

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

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

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 . . .