Archive of 696 original glossy MGM production photographs for the 1956 film The Teahouse of the August Moon starring Marlon Brando. The photos, each approximately 4 x 5 or 5 x 4, consist mostly of costume and scene test shots dating between January and July 1956, with numerous photos depicting Brando in full Japanese makeup for his role as Sakini, a wily interpreter assigned to assist Glenn Ford’s Captain Fisby in his task of Americanizing the village of Tobiki on Okinawa. Other image subjects include Ford, Eddie Albert, Machiko Kyō, and a myriad of other cast members. In overall fine condition.
