Production values are absolutely tremendous, both the costumes and the settings feature the kind of sumptuous detail that one only sees in an old Hollywood musical. AND I looks as good as it will every look in unenhanced NTSC video. AND I looks far better than other movies shot in standard 35mm CinemaScope. This larger format allows for a striking, highly detailed image, from which this transfer greatly benefits. Color reproduction on this is superior to anything that ever came out of the DeLuxe labs in 1956.
Saturation is quite good and flesh tones are very natural.
There are a couple of color related anomalies, but they never become distracting. Contrast is very good, although the black level isn't always as dark as it should be. The film's soundtrack has been re-mixed into Dolby Digital 5.1 with rather pleasing results. This track retains the flavor of the big stereo mixes that were part of 1950's cinema. Unlike today's mixes that localize dialogue in the center channel, this mix allows dialogue to pan across all three front channels, depending upon the positions of actors on the screen.