Colors are usually strongly saturated, although there are individual shots within the body of the film that appear slightly faded. However there are scenes were the lush greens of the jungles are especially well rendered. There are no signs of chroma noise or smearing of the more intense colors during the presentation. Overall, this is a solid representation of a movie that was originally released in IB Technicolor. The image itself is quite sharp and delivers a very good level of detail.
Film grain is occasionally noticeable, but it is never distracting.
The film element used for the transfer does display some age related blemishes, although these are never too bad. Blacks are accurately rendered and the picture produces a good level of shadow detail for a film of this vintage. Instead of just dropping the old 4 channel stereo stems into Dolby Digital, this mix is a clean reworking of the older recordings into the new format. The mix provides a broad soundstage with precise channel separation that creates an impressive stereo image. Surround usage is equally effective, with the rear channels creating natural sonic environments that sound overdone.