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News Rarely Seen Photos of The King and I from Stage to Screen

By Adam Hetrick

Aug 26, 2016

The Academy Award-winning 1956 film of the The King and I, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr, returns to cinemas August 28.

1956 - Deborah Kerr 3.jpg — Deborah Kerr on set of the movie Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic musical The King and I returns to cinemas August 28 and 31 in a special event presented by Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Twentieth Century Fox. The film will be shown in the same aspect ratio as when it was originally released in cinemas.

In celebration of the release, and the upcoming national tour of the recent, Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center revival which launches this fall, Playbill.com is sharing a look at a handful of rarely-seen photos from the film set and other Broadway incarnations of the musical.

Rarely Seen Photos of The King and I from Stage to Screen

Rarely Seen Photos of The King and I from Stage to Screen

The Academy Award-winning 1956 film of the The King and I, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr, returns to cinemas August 28.
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1956 - Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.jpg — Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr in The banquet scene Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1956 - Movie Premiere.jpg — Movie Premiere Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1956 - Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr 2.jpg — Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner during March of the Siamese Children Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1956 - Yull Bynner and Deborah Kerr 3.jpg — Yull Bynner and Deborah Kerr in “Shall We Dance” Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1956 - Deborah Kerr.jpg — Deborah Kerr on set of the movie Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1956 - Deborah Kerr 3.jpg — Deborah Kerr on set of the movie Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1956 - Deborah Kerr 2.jpg — Deborah Kerr during March of the Siamese Children Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1951 - Yul Brynner.jpg — Yul Brynner Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

1951 - Yul Brynner and Gertrude Lawrence.jpg — Yul Brynner and Gertrude Lawrence Hammerstein, An Imagem Company

1977 - Angela Lansbury (Replacement Cast).jpg — Angela Lansbury Rodgers & Hammerstein, An Imagem Company

The film version of the popular Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway play The King and I was the winner of five Academy Awards (Best Actor, Best Musical Score, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction & Set Decoration and Best Sound), and was nominated for four more (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography).

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