The King And I

The King And I is a 1956 musical film adapted from the 1951 Broadway musical of the same name. Both were based on the 1944 book Anna And The King Of Siam.

The plot of the film and stage musical concerns the arrival of British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens in Siam in the early 1860s. Anna was sent as a tutor to the King's children, and in the film, the King and Anna fall in love.

The role of Anna was originally to have been played in the film by Gertrude Lawrence, who originated the role on Broadway. Tragically, Lawrence died of cancer during the show's Broadway run. Both Dinah Shore and Maureen O'Hara were then considered for the role of Anna, but it was Yul Brynner who pushed for the casting of Deborah Kerr. Her singing was dubbed for the film by Marni Nixon.

The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won five for Best Actor, Art Direction, Costume Design, Music and Sound Recording.

• Note: All lyric links come from Lyrics On Demand, which is pop-up and ad-heavy

• Overture

• "I Whistle a Happy Tune"

• "My Lord and Master"

• "Hello, Young Lovers"

• "The March of the Siamese Children" -- Orchestra

• "A Puzzlement"

• "The Royal Bangkok Academy"

• "Getting to Know You"

• "We Kiss in a Shadow"

• "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?"

• "Something Wonderful"

• Entr'acte -- Orchestra *

• "Western People Funny"

• "I Have Dreamed"

• "Hello, Young Lovers" (Reprise)

• "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" (Ballet)

• "Song of the King"

• "Shall We Dance?"

• "I Whistle a Happy Tune" (Reprise)

• Note: Most links below come from IMDb, which has pop-ups

• 1944: Anna and the King of Siam (book)

• 1946: Anna and the King of Siam (film, starring Rex Harrison and Irene Dunne)

• 1951: The King and I (original Broadway production starring Yul Brynner and Gertrude Lawrence)

• 1956: The King and I (film, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr)

• 1972: Anna and the King (Yul Brynner reprises his role as King in this TV Series)

• 1977: The King and I (Yul Brynner stars in the Broadway revival)

• 1985: The King and I (Yul Brynner reprises on Broadway)

• 1996: The King and I (Lou Diamond Phillips stars in this Broadway revival)

• 1999: Anna and the King (film, starring Jodie Foster)

• 1999: The King and I

• 1999: Anna and the King: The Real Story of Anna Leonowens

• 2000: Anna and the King

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