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Walking Back
(1928)

This DeMille programmer, directed by Rupert Julian, stars Sue Carol and Richard Walling, with Robert Edeson and Jane Keckley.

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 windowboxed 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.

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?

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .

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 again to $9.99).
Release date: 27 August 2013.
Country of origin: USA

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.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .