The King and I (1956 film) The King and I (1956 film) 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 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "The King and I", based in turn on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon. That novel in turn was based on memoirs written by Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' stories were
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