Only two films were completed in CinemaScope 55 – Carousel and The King and I, both in 1956. Even at that time audiences saw The King and I in prints made from a 35mm reduction negative; this Academy Gold Standard Screening marks the first time in New York that the public has been able to see this film in its original aspect ratio. In addition, the original stereo soundtrack has been faithfully recreated in 4-track Dolby Digital stereo. Anna and her King have never looked or sounded this incredible, as they sing and dance their way through such Rodgers and Hammerstein classics as “Shall We Dance” and “Getting to Know You.” The program will be introduced by 20th Century Fox executive Schawn Belston.

Starring Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Terry Saunders, Rex Thompson, Carlos Rivas, Patrick Adiarte, Alan Mowbray, Geoffrey Toone, Yuriko.

Produced by Charles Brackett. Directed by Walter Lang. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II. From their musical play based on “Anna and The King of Siam” by Margaret Landon. Dances and musical numbers staged by Jerome Robbins. Music Supervised and Conducted by Alfred Newman. Associate Ken Darby. Orchestration by Edward B. Powell, Gus Levene, Bernard Mayers, Robert Russell Bennett. Ballet arrangements by Trude Rittman. Costumes designed by Irene Sharaff. Photographed by Leon Shamroy, ASC. Art Direction by Lyle R. Wheeler, John De Cuir. Set Decoration by Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox. Film Editor Robert Simpson, ACE. Consultant in Oriental Dancing, Michiko. Assistant Direction by Eli Dunn. Makeup by Ben Nye. Hairstyling by Helen Turpin. Sound by E. Clayton Ward, Warren Delaplain. Color Consultant Leonard Doss. Special Photographic Effects by Ray Kellogg. Color by De Luxe.

Print courtesy of 20th Century Fox. 1956. CinemaScope. Running Time: 133 minutes.

1956 Academy Award® Winner for Actor (Brynner), Art Direction (Color) (Wheeler, DeCuir, Scott, Fox), Costume Design (Color)(Sharaff), Sound Recording (Fox Sound Dept., Carl Faulkner, Sound Director), Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) (Newman, Darby).

Academy Nominee for Picture, Actress (Kerr), Direction (Lang), Cinematography (Color) (Shamroy).