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The
Better ’ole
(1926)

This feature comedy, directed by Charles F. Reisner, stars Sydney Chaplin and Doris Hill, with Jack Ackroyd, Harold Goodwin, Theodore Lorch and Edgar Kennedy.

Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition

The Better ’ole (1926), color-toned black & white and black & white, 96 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-16525-6.
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 9 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $17.95).
Release date: 15 September 2009.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 6 / additional content: 0 / overall: 7.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print and is presented as produced for broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable network. At times the picture can be dark and the source print has a small amount of dust and speckling, fine scratches, and other minor flaws.

The film is presented with its original Vitaphone soundtrack of synchronized music and sound effects.

For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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