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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.
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.
Terry Saunders was a film and Broadway performer. She is most widely known for playing Lady Thiang in the film and stage versions of The King And I, first as a replacement on Broadway, [1] then in the film, [2] performing the song "Something Wonderful" in both.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia says "whether or not one agrees about the 1956 film of The King and I being the best R&H movie, most would concede that [the] animated adaption is the worst". Roger Ebert gave it 2 stars out of 4 and felt that animated adaptations of musicals have potential but found the film rather dull.
A Filmed Record, Inc. released the DVD and King was once again available after 40 years of being a "lost" film. In 2012 A Filmed Record, Inc. (with the cooperation of the estate of Ely Landau producer of the original film) entered into an agreement with Kino Lorber giving them worldwide exclusive rights to distribute King and to make possible ...
The nomination was a double mistake, as High Society (1956) was based on the play and film The Philadelphia Story and did not qualify as an original story. James Dean became the only actor to receive a second posthumous nomination for acting. Ingrid Bergman was not present to collect her award for Best Actress: Cary Grant accepted on her behalf.
The King and Four Queens is a 1956 American DeLuxe Color western adventure comedy/mystery film starring Clark Gable and Eleanor Parker and filmed in CinemaScope.Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film is based on a story written by Margaret Fitts, who also wrote the screenplay along with Richard Alan Simmons. [2]
The film was shot on the Universal Studios Lot over a period of 47 days. Due to budgetary constraints, the cast was not available for shipboard filming. Assistant director James Havens filmed the boat race scenes over a period of 50 days off the Atlantic coast near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and closeups of the lead actors were intercut later. [2]