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,
John Kerr (actor) him on the series, which focuses on the cases of attorneys with the Legal Aid Society of New York. He made "The Cobweb" for MGM, who liked his work so much they co-starred him with Leslie Caron in "Gaby" (1956), the third remake of "Waterloo Bridge", which, in its original pre-Code 1931 version, featured John's grandfather, actor Frederick Kerr. Kerr starred with Deborah Kerr (no relation) in "Tea and Sympathy" in 1956. In a widely publicized decision in 1956, Kerr declined to play the role of Charles Lindbergh in "The Spirit of St. Louis" because he did not respect Lindbergh's