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Homecoming
(1928)

This late silent era German drama, produced by UFA and directed by Joe May, stars Lars Hanson, Dita Parlo and Gustav Frölich.

Grapevine Video
2013 DVD edition

Homecoming (1928), black & white, 76 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10607-1.
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 ? 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 foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95 (raised to $16.95).
Release date: 13 September 2013.
Country of origin: USA •

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 7 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print of the 1928 American release version from Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. A significant portion of the left side of the picture is cropped off in the source print; some intertitles are windowboxed to allow what is left of the content to be viewed. The print itself is rather worn, with a significant amount of scuffing, scratches, dust, speckling, and print flaws remaining to be seen.

The film is presented with a music score performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by David Knudtson. This is far better than the normal Grapevine Video procedure to cobble together a soundtrack from preexisting recordings.

Currently, this is the only known home video edition of the film available.

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