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2015 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. 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.
Synopsis. In 1862, Anna Leonowens, a young, widowed English schoolteacher, arrives in Bangkok, Thailand, with her son Louis, having accepted a job teaching English to the children of the King of Siam. Greeted by the king's stern prime minister, the Kralahome, and his half-naked minions, Anna puffs up her courage.
The King and I. Jump to Edit. Summaries. A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children. Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has been contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household.
The King and I. 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. 8,947 IMDb 7.4 2 h 13 min 1956. 7+. Romance · Arts, Entertainment, and ...
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 children of the stubborn...
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