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The
Love Gamble
(1925)

This romantic drama from B-film studio Banner Productions, Incorporated, was directed by Edward J. Le Saint and stars Lillian Rich, Robert Frazer and Pauline Garon.

Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition

The Love Gamble (1925), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10397-1.
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); LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.5 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 14 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 7 May 2010.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good-to-very-good 16mm reduction print that has some moderately modulated exposure fluctuations and plugged-up shadows making reading some intertitles a challenge. The film’s action in the natural-speed, full-frame video transfer, is still reasonably easy to follow.

The film is accompanied by a compiled soundtrack of prerecorded film music from the 1930s.

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

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