Anna Leonowens eccentric Victorian female traveler". The novel was adapted as a hit musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, "The King and I" (1951), starring Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner, which ran 1,246 performances on Broadway and was also a hit in London and on tour. In 1956, a film version was released, with Deborah Kerr starring in the role of Leonowens and Brynner reprising his role as the king. Revived many times on stage (with Brynner starring in revivals until 1985), the musical has remained a favourite of the theatregoing public. The humorous depiction of Mongkut as a polka-dancing despot, as well
Thunder in the East (1951 film) nonviolence. He also falls in love with a blind woman (Deborah Kerr). The film was based on Alan Moorehead's debut novel "The Rage of the Vulture", published in 1948. Moorehead got the idea for the novel after travelling through India in 1947. The film rights were bought by Charles Vidor who sold them on to Paramount with himself attached as director. Alan Ladd was assigned to star with Robert Fellows to produce. Filming was postponed, however so Ladd could make "Red Mountain". This meant Fellows dropped out and Everett Riskin became producer. "We have a tremendously large cast, fine settings