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
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,