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The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon 's novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s.
The King and I: Directed by Walter Lang. With Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson. A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, which is itself based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon.
Based on the Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, a Victorian widow travels to Siam to teach the royal children but end's up having to balance the refined ways of Western culture with the traditions and customs the King does not want to give up.
The King and I. In this film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens (Deborah Kerr) becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many...
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King And I, The (1956) -- Shall We Dance After a successful demonstration of civilized manners for the British ambassador, teacher Anna (Deborah Kerr) is explaining Western marital customs to her employer the Siamese king (Yul Brynner), Marni Nixon dubbing her vocal for the Rodgers & Hammerstein song, in The King And I, 1956.
After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king.
In 1862, Welsh-born widow Anna Leonowens and her young son Louis arrive by ship in Bangkok, Siam (now known as Thailand), where she has been engaged by King Mongkut to be schoolmistress to the royal children.
Anna, an English schoolteacher, travels to the kingdom of Siam to teach children and finds her challenge with a stubborn king.
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King and I, The Featuring Yul Brynner’s 1956 Best Actor OSCAR®-winning performance and the unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein® score, this beloved classic is based on the real story of English school teacher Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes to teach at the royal court in Siam.
