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Valerie Hobson played Anna in the original London West End production, and Marni Nixon (who sang the songs while Deborah Kerr lip-synced) in the 1956 film of The King and I. [2] The song comes about after Anna and the King disagree about love's meaning; [3] the King believes that love is a "silly complication of a pleasant simplicity" and a ...
Pages in category "Songs from The King and I" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Shall We Dance? (1951 song) Something Wonderful (song) W.
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.
(1951 song), a Rodgers and Hammerstein song from the musical The King and I "Shall We Dance", a 1981 song by Bram Tchaikovsky "Shall We Dance", a George and Ira Gershwin song, the finale to the 1937 film Shall We Dance
The original cast recording of The King and I was issued in 1951 on Decca Records, with Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff and Doretta Morrow. [1] The Broadway cast recording was directed by John Van Druten , with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and musical director Frederick Dvonch. [ 2 ]
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 earned $12 million at the box office, [3] and its gross was seen as disappointing compared to that of other animated films released at the time. The film received five nominations, including the London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actress of the Year for Richardson and the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in an ...
The King and I (subtitled A Jazz Interpretation by the Mastersounds) is an album by The Mastersounds led by vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery with pianist Richie Crabtree, bassist Monk Montgomery and drummer Benny Barth featuring performances of tunes from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I recorded in 1957 and released on the World Pacific label.