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Big stakes / Clifford S. Elfelt presents ; adapted by Frank Howard Clark ; directed by Clifford S. Elfelt. A desperate chance / Rayart Pictures Corporation ; W. Ray Johnstone presents ; by Charles Saxton ; produced by Morris R. Schlank ; directed by J.P. McGowan.
LIBRA DVD PN1995.9.W4 B54 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bowman, Earl Wayland, 1875-1952, High stakes., author.
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Bowman, Earl Wayland, 1875-1952--Film adaptations.
- Bowman, Earl Wayland.
- West (U.S.)--Drama.
- West (U.S.).
- Cowboys--Drama.
- Cowboys.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Film adaptations.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Western films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (66 min., 47 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, 2016.
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1) presentation.
- digital optical stereo
- NTSC
- video file DVD video all regions
- Summary:
- (Big stakes) An American cowboy and a Mexican lawman clash over a beautiful woman. A fun ride across the plains of western cinema, which, for 1922, presents a complex look at Mexican and American stereotypes. (A desperate chance) A man returns to the West, where his father had been swindled out of his ranch. He finds an opportunity to outwit the swindler out of another land grab.
- Participant:
- (Big stakes) J.B. Warner, Elinor Fair. Ramona: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Kate Bruce, Francis J. Grandon.
- (A desperate chance) Bob Reeves, Ione Reed, Lew O'Connor, Leon de la Mothe, Charles Whittaker, Gypsy Clark.
- Credits:
- (Big stakes) photographer, Clyne De Vinne..
- Robert Cline; editor, Thelma Smith
- Notes:
- "Silent western double feature,"-- Container.
- Titles from disc label.
- Big stakes is based on Earl Wayland Bowman's American Magazine story "High stakes."
- Full screen 1.37:1.
- Originally produced in the United States as motion pictures and released in 1922 (Big stakes) and 1025 (A desperate chance)..
- Contains:
- Container of: Big stakes (Motion picture : 1922)
- Container of: Desperate chance (Motion picture : 1926)
- OCLC:
- 1385982328
- Publisher Number:
- 089218778796
- ALP 7787D
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