I guess dye-transfer was the great equalizer, as the IB process "matched" three-strip studio work with on-location Monopack in the final print. This produced the "true black" and rich colors that characterize Technicolor, both as a three-negative filming process, and as a celluloid printing...
There's no beating these three-negative transfers from WAC! The musicals are wonderful, but how about some action-adventure films for a little variety? Give us all heart failure by digging up the Technicolor negs to THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX. As for MGM, the Stewart Granger...