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The King and I, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's 1951Broadway musical hit, was based on Margaret Landon's book -Anna and the King of Siam. Since 20th-Century-Fox had made a film version of the Landon book in 1946, that studio had first dibs on the movie adaptation of King and I. Deborah Kerr ...more
MPAA Rating: G | Year: 1956 | Running Time: 133 minutes
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$20.99KING & I (1956) (2PC) / (WS ANIV DUB SUB AC3 DOL)
The King and I typifies the elaborate Broadway musical adaptations with which Hollywood studios often tried to fight the advance of television of 1950s. Shot in an extreme widescreen version of CinemaScope to counter the smallness of the TV screen, the film offers equally grand set design, costumes, and cinematography. The songs and performances are equally impressive: Yul Brynner won an Oscar for his career-best performance as the King of Siam; and Deborah Kerr's singing was dubbed by the ...more
- Deborah Kerr - Anna Leonowens
- Yul Brynner - The King of Siam
- Rita Moreno - Tuptim
- Martin Benson - Kralahome
- Terry Saunders - Lady Thiang
- Rex Thompson - Louis Leonowens
- Carlos Rivas - Lun Tha
- Patrick Adiarte - Prince Chulalongkorn
- Thomas and Dennis Bonifla - Twins
- Fuji
- Marni Nixon - Anna (singing)
- Alan Mowbray - British Ambassador
- Geoffrey Toone - Ramsay
- Yuriko - Eliza, in ballet
- Walter Lang - Director
- Charles Brackett - Producer
- Ernest Lehman - Screenwriter
- Margaret Landon - Book Author
- Lyle Wheeler - Art Director
- Jerome Robbins - Choreography
- Irene Sharaff - Costume Designer
- Robert L. Simpson - Editor
- Ken Darby - Composer (Music Score)
- Rodgers & Hammerstein - Composer (Music Score)
- Alfred Newman - Composer (Music Score)
- Richard Rodgers - Composer (Music Score)
- Alfred Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision
- John De Cuir - Production Designer
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