If 2 hours and 30 minutes is "a chore to sit through," you must have been worked hard by Skyfall (2 hours 23 min.), Star Wars II: Atack of the Clones (2 hrs 23), Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (2 hrs 20), Saving Private Ryan (2 hrs 49), Braveheart (2 hrs 57) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World...
Now that there's artwork up on Amazon for this, it looks like this may be a cardboard book packaging. Looks like I may be making special covers -- not that it will make me cancel the order.
Can't imagine that it would. The 1956 is a kinescope, and the 1964 is videotape. DVD has higher resolution than either. By the way, the 1964 Warren is OOP and bringing high prices. All you can get at reasonable cost is the 1956 Julie Andrews and that putrid 1997 Brandy. I suppose at some point...