Rodgers and Hammerstein Nellie Forbush, and opera star Ezio Pinza starred as Emile de Becque, the French plantation owner. Also in the cast were Juanita Hall, Myron McCormick and Betta St. John. The 1958 film version, also directed by Logan, starred Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston, and Juanita Hall. Brazzi, Kerr, and Hall had their singing dubbed by others. Based on Margaret Landon's "Anna and the King of Siam"—the story of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s—Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951,
Geoffrey Kerr Broadway, as Geoffrey Kerr, he performed in such plays as "The Stork" (1925) and "London Calling", the latter which he wrote. He also directed occasionally, and co-starred with wife June Walker on Broadway in "The Bachelor Father" (1928). He ended his acting career in 1934, though he did appear in a play on Broadway in 1949–50, to celebrate the silver Broadway anniversary of the two stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Geoffrey Kerr became known in the film industry when he co-starred with his father in the British silent film "12.10" (1919), although he did appear in several other silent