Happy Birthday & R.I.P. Yul Brynner (born Yuliy Borisovich Briner in Vladivostok, Far Eastern Republic (present-day Primorsky Krai, Russia), on July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) When you think about Yul Brynner...which is the first film that comes to your mind ? Photos: 1) Yul Brynner as Ramesses in The Ten Commandments (1956) 2) The Ten Commandments (1956) with Anne Baxter 3) The King and I (1956) as King Mongkut of Siam , with Deborah Kerr 4) The Brothers Karamazov (1958) as Dmitri Karamazov ,

Remembering Yul Brynner in... Solomon and Sheba (1959) ORIGINAL TRAILER {Read the backstory on this film and photos at comments area} Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 American epic historical romance film directed by King Vidor, shot in Technirama (color by Technicolor), and distributed by United Artists. The film dramatizes events described in The Bible—the tenth chapter of the First Kings and the ninth chapter of Second Chronicles. It starred Yul Brynner as Solomon and Gina Lollobrigida as Sheba; a