Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Walking Back
(1928)
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This DeMille programmer, directed by Rupert Julian, stars Sue Carol and Richard Walling, with Robert Edeson and Jane Keckley.
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 Grapevine Video
2006 DVD edition
Walking Back (1928), black & white, 51 minutes, not rated, with Flirty Four-Flushers (1926), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10209-7.
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; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
Release date: August 2006.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 6 / audio: 8 / additional content: 5 / overall: 6.
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from the only known 35mm print.
The film is presented with a theater organ music score performed by — Blaine Gale?
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 Alpha Video
2013 DVD edition
Walking Back (1928), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7134D, UPC 0-89218-71349-0.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 27 August 2013.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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