Bringing Up Film Grain
Even though I already had "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) on a years old DVD release from Warner Home Video, I ordered the Criterion reissue on Blu-ray. I knew to expect lots of "film grain" on the Blu, after reading reviews before ordering. To someone who might not know about film grain, they might would prefer the DVD version, which I'm sure was made from an older scan and "filtered" a bit. The Criterion Blu was from a 4K scan, downconverted to 2K for the Blu-ray release. Some online reviews, like one I read on Amazon, seemed to complain about the amount of grain. I didn't reply to that review, since it was made by someone back when the disc was first released, and I figured the poster probably wouldn't see my reply anyway after this time.
Only have two RKO pictures on Blu-ray so far, the current purchase, and the original 1933 version of "King Kong", released by Warner Home Video. Both have WAY more film grain visible than the older DVD versions, but are newer scans of the available films. From things I've read over the years, the RKO catalog wasn't preserved well over the decades, so for a lot of the films, that's the reason several haven't been re-released on high definition formats, the existing elements aren't great. One other film, not RKO, and way more recent, the first "Ghostbusters" movie, Sony left the film grain in on the Blu-ray I own, and there's a noticeable difference from the DVD version in that case also. If you sat close to the screen in the theater when it was first released, that's what you would have seen.
Also have an old hardcover book I purchased back in the 1980's from a movie-based book club with the script of "Bringing Up Baby".
Only have two RKO pictures on Blu-ray so far, the current purchase, and the original 1933 version of "King Kong", released by Warner Home Video. Both have WAY more film grain visible than the older DVD versions, but are newer scans of the available films. From things I've read over the years, the RKO catalog wasn't preserved well over the decades, so for a lot of the films, that's the reason several haven't been re-released on high definition formats, the existing elements aren't great. One other film, not RKO, and way more recent, the first "Ghostbusters" movie, Sony left the film grain in on the Blu-ray I own, and there's a noticeable difference from the DVD version in that case also. If you sat close to the screen in the theater when it was first released, that's what you would have seen.
Also have an old hardcover book I purchased back in the 1980's from a movie-based book club with the script of "Bringing Up Baby".