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Films of
William S. Hart
Volume Two
(1915-1917)

Contents: “Bad Buck” of Santa Ynez (1915), Mr. “Silent” Haskins (1915), The Taking of Luke McVane (1915), Tools of Providence (1915), The Gun Fighter (1917) [abridgement as The Border Sheriff] and [The New Boss] (1917) [fragment].

Grapevine Video
2015 DVD edition

Films of William S. Hart, Volume Two (1915-1917), black & white, 74 minutes total, not rated, including “Bad Buck” of Santa Ynez (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Mr. “Silent” Haskins (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Taking of Luke McVane (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Tools of Providence (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Gun Fighter (1917) [abridgement as The Border Sheriff], black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, and [The New Boss] (1917) [fragment], black & white, 2 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, 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; $19.95.
Release date: February 2015.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R collection of William S. Hart short films has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.

The films are likely accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings.

For our comparative reviews of some of the films in this collection, see our “Bad Buck” of Santa Ynez on home video and The Taking of Luke McVane on home video pages.