The King and I (1956)

Shall We Dance will always be a favorite

It IS The King and I!

R2 why cancel it? It is a product of the time

Kimberly Guilfoyle in Coyote Ugly

R3, that's not my thread.

[quote] Sir Alan Mowbray

He was knighted?

R6 I believe so. He played John Hay

Alan Mowbray was not knighted. His character in The King and I, however, was.

Beautiful color and sets.

R8 accident then. Sorry. He was a good British character actor

Not well regarded in Thailand where that king is credited with modernizing the country. They are very proud that of all the countries in SEAsia, they were not colonized by Europeans. It’s believed that Anna Leonowens’ book was largely fiction

I had the uppity white bitch 3 ways and she begged for ect ect ect.

R1 - we live in an age of instant gratification, literally tens of millions of pieces of pornography available with a click, but, still, all these years later, few scenes on film have as much sexual chemistry as Yul and Deb's Shall We Dance.

I worked alongside Yuriko many times. She was the original in the Uncle Tom's Cabin choreography, and Jerome Robbins sent her around the world to rehearse the musical and its diverse casts in many different parts of the world. She would cast the dancers (and they had to be trained dancers, not actors and actresses who could dance a little) and many a white girl with blond hairs and blue eyes got a black hair dye job and special makeup to add east Asian eye folds.

Run Eliza Run!

It is a movie musical that for some reason cuts the best song in the score—“I Have Dreamed,” heard only as background music. Another is Into the Woods (“No More”).

R16 - How about Sweeney Todd basically cutting The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd?

They kept Getting to Know You

Darryl F. Zanuck initially had Maureen O'Hara in mind as Anna because the essential qualities of her screen persona, warmth, grit and fiery temperament, were ideal for the part. O'Hara was also a natural redhead with a fine soprano voice, eliminating the need for both wigs and vocal dubbing. After hearing sample recordings of her voice, composer Richard Rodgers agreed that O'Hara could sing the role, but he vetoed the casting based on the rough-and-tumble parts for which the actress was renowned, reportedly remarking "No pirate queen is going to play my Anna!"

R19 I think Deborah Kerr is more elegant and the better choice for Anna than Maureen O'Hara

r1 I love this cover by Cassandra Wilson

R21 There is also a version with Victoria Masterson and Christopher Lee

Amateur

^ The King & King

^ Butch and the King

Let's not forget the 1992 TV version with Julie Andrews, Lea Salonga, Peabo Bryson, Roger Moore, Marilyn Horne, Martin Sheen, and Ben Kingsley

You’re drunk, r26.

[quote] Let's not forget the 1992 TV version with Julie Andrews, Lea Salonga, Peabo Bryson, Roger Moore, Marilyn Horne, Martin Sheen, and Ben Kingsley

It was a studio recording, not a dramatized TV version of the show.

The est song in the show for my money is "The March of the Siamese Chikdren," even though its instrumental.

They do it beautifully in the movie. The kid who plays Chulalongkorn (the heir) is so terrific here, with that great arrogant flick of his violet coat as he enters, and so are Brynner and Kerr (I love how touched she is when she's given the flower).

This show, and Camelot, have too many ballads in them. That makes them a bit of a slog.

Yul Brynner sexy af.

R30 what musicals to you prefer?

Is it streaming anywhere?

The first musical I loved outside of Disney. I think it is a masterpiece. And that costumes are the best in film history.

Dey laff cuz Dey tink you shaped like dat. 👗

I saw the B'way revival of "The King and I" with Yul Brynner but I remember absolutely nothing about it.

Rita Moreno took a role away from an Asian actress!!!!

I wonder why this film isn't remember like West Side Story, My Fair Lady, etc.

Years ago I saw Lou Diamond Phillips play the king on Broadway. He was fantastic. I wonder what happened to him.

That dress! Spectacular! What happened to it? Is it preserved somewhere?

R39, Lou has been working non-stop in movies I've never hear of and doing voice work for video games and animated series.

The golden Shall We Dance Gown (by Irene Sharaff) was auctioned off in 2010

R33 My Vizio guide says it's available to rent (or buy) from Row8, Apple TV, Fandango, and Amazon Prime.

As for free, someone's put the entire film up in three parts on Dailymotion. The resolution is 480SD. (I also see it in one complete upload in 1080HD at the Russian-based, social media website vk.com, which some people won't use for safety-security issues.)

[quote]R42 The golden Shall We Dance Gown (by Irene Sharaff) was auctioned off in 2010

The only thing that matters about THE KING & I costumes is knowing that their designer also did MOMMIE DEAREST (!!)

Irene Sharaff’s the one who said, “Yes, you may enter Miss Dunaway’s dressing room. But you have to throw in a raw steak first, to distract her.”

Yul Brynner scared me when I was a little kid, he was the first man I ever saw that was bald.

That gown in the auction is not the one from the movie. It’s the copper-colored one made for and worn by Angela Lansbury when she replaced in the 1977 revival. Note how different the bows are.

[quote]R46 That gown in the auction is not the one from the movie. It’s the copper-colored one made for and worn by Angela Lansbury

WHAT? [italic]I bought it!

Let's not forget the 1999 animated version!

And while we're at it, don't forget the sitcom!

R45 Yul was meant to prepare you for the release of the "Amazing Colossal Man" in his diaper the following year.

[quote]That dress! Spectacular!

It is by far the best dancer in that scene.

I saw this in dinner theater once. I have no idea how they pulled off (I have forgotten) the Uncle Tom's Cabin number. But I often wonder.

[quote] I have no idea how they pulled off (I have forgotten) the Uncle Tom's Cabin number.

It's a puzzlement.

While I do like the shows, I don't like to watch many movies made from Rodgers and Hammerstein plays. They seem so long and overblown, compared to the innovative shows they once were. When I was a kid (1960s-1970s) we all loved seeing these things on TV, though. I don't get why 20th Century-Fox had so many movies directed by Walter Lang, though. He doesn't seem to have gone down in the annals as one of the greats of the period.

R43 It's streaming for free on Flex and/or Flex Channel.

R55 with or without ads?

What about the non-musical version with Jodie Foster and DL fave Bai Ling? One of my childhood favorites that was panned by critics at the time. Irene Dunne did the first film version I believe.

The Lansbury gown had a different structured bodice than the R42 one.

The musical is basically an adaptation of Anna And The King starring Rex Harrison and Irene Dunne.

R55 Don't you have to be an Xfinity customer (subscriber) in order to access Flex?

R59 That film was called Anna and the King of Siam, akshully.

R56 I didn't check it out.

R60 I don't know what you need to be a subscriber of.

Why?

It is truly beautiful to watch on the screen

Uncle Tom's Cabin Ballet is a favorite of mine, too

[R59] Basically an adaptation of Anna and the King of Siam, except that the Tuptim character, played by Linda Darnell, gets burned at the stake for trying to escape in that one.

Well that’s sad, considering how Darnell died.

Maureen O'Hara (who actually could sing the role, unlike Deborah, who was dubbed by Marni Nixon) campained to be in the movie. But alas.

[R66] Though she is already dead, her body is also thrown on a bonfire in Hangover Square the year before.

*campaigned

At the time it was a big secret that Marni Nixon dubber Kerr in this and An Affair to Remember. She wasn't credited on the soundtrack album or anything.

Why do you dummies keep referring to Thailand???

The movie is set in SIAM, a completely different country!!!

Back in 1997, I saw this live with Hayley Mills playing Anna.

The actress singing “Something Wonderful” really brought tears and chills at the end of Act I.

What do you think of the film's racial undertones?

[quote]Why do you dummies keep referring to Thailand???

Because they do important charitable work.

The film might still be banned in Thailand. Anna largely exaggerated her role in the royal household and fabricated much of her history. Her son set-up an import-export business in Thailand that still exists although under US ownership.

Patrick Adiarte, the young prince and heir apparent, was also Ho Jon in M*A*S*H. He hasn't acted since 1974, where he appeared in two episodes of Kojak.

Yul Brynner was a beautiful man with a great body and a nice cock. The series of nude photos he took are gorgeous.

The 2 dresses pictured above are the same dress. It's the dress worn by Angela Lansbury in The King and I revival, 1977. Deborah Kerr's dress was different (and 20 years older, obviously).

Nothing "refined" about this vulgar nonsense.

You can sew your own! Or call this guy - -

Part II:

Could he be any gayer?

I was buried in *mine*.

You know, the stereotyping is NOT helpful!

So many great songs

Spoiler Alert! I always felt the ending needed a rewrite. He dies because she’s too modern and he can’t deal? It never made sense to me, at least not the way it’s presented on stage. He dies because of it?! Honestly, most operas make more sense. Some shows are just harder to appreciate through a contemporary lens. OK, off to watch Do Black Parent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?