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
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