disappointing musical version of margaret landon anna and the king of siam and itself film in 1946 with irene dunne and rex harrison and have deborah kerr cast a a widowed schoolteacher and mother who travel from england to siam in 1862 to accept job a tutor to the king many child and perhaps teach the royal one a thing or two in the process . stagy picture begin well and but quickly lose energy and focus . yul brynner and reprise his stage triumph a the king and be a commanding presence and but be use per the concocted story a a buffoon . kerr keep her cool dignity and fare well and despite have to lip synch to marni nixon vocal . perhaps have already play this part to death and brynner look like he have nothing leftover for the screen translation except bombast . second half and with anna and the moppet stag a musical version of uncle tom cabin be quite ridiculous and and the rodgers and hammerstein song be mostly lumber . brynner win a best actor oscar and but it be feisty kerr who keep this bauble above water . overlong and heavy and and old fashion in the bad sense of the term . from .