The King and I (1956 film) autobiographical, although various elements of them have been called into question. The film stars Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The film was a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Actor for Brynner. Another film adaptation of the same musical, the animated film "The King and I", was released in 1999. Strong-willed, widowed schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok from Wales with her young son Louis after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut. The two are introduced to the intimidating Kralahome, King Mongkut's confidant and Siam's prime minister.
Deborah Kerr the bittersweet love story "An Affair to Remember" (1957). She reunited with Grant and Mitchum for a sophisticated comedy, "The Grass Is Greener" (1960), and then joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, "Marriage on the Rocks" (1965). In 1966, the producers of "Carry On Screaming!" offered her a fee comparable to that paid to the rest of the cast combined, but she turned it down in favor of appearing in an aborted stage version of "Flowers for Algernon". In 1967, Kerr appeared in the comedy "Casino Royale", achieving the distinction of being,