On June 28, 1956 (Richard Rodgers’ 54th birthday), 20th Century Fox released Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I in movie theatres across the US. The acclaimed motion picture adaptation starred Deborah Kerr and Rita Moreno and featured a legendary, Academy Award-winning reprisal of Yul Brynner’s turn as the King. Also returning for the film version were original choreographer Jerome Robbins, who recreated his dances for the camera, and costumer Irene Sharaff, whose stunning designs would also win an Academy Award. The motion picture adaptation was a critical and commercial hit, collecting five Academy Awards out of nine total nominations and becoming the fifth highest-grossing movie of 1956.