Laserdisc version of the film. Everything appears sharp and well defined, with a tiny bit of film grain being the only imperfection. Colors are lush and vibrant, with the obvious intent of trying to recreate that Technicolor saturation that was prevalent in color movies during the 1940's. Additionally, flesh tones are very attractive, which further enhances the overall appealing look of the film. There are no signs of chromatic distortion or bleeding, even amongst the most intensely saturated hues.
Blacks are solid and the picture produces a good level of shadow detail.
This smoothly authored DVD doesn't display any noticeable signs of digital compression artifacts. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack isn't particularly flashy, but the sound is quite good nonetheless. Channel separation is clean and precise, and the track produces very natural sonic environments. Dialogue reproduction is crisp and fully intelligible. The bass channel is tight, but only seems to exist to enhance the music.