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Anna and the King of Siam. Lively period piece. Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison prove that boy-gets-girl isn't the only kind of movie fun (TIME, June...
Anna and the King of Siam. Lively period piece, in which Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison prove that boy-gets-girl isn't the only type of movie fun (TIME, June...
...best-selling biography. Anna (Irene Dunne) is a purposeful widow, handsome in her crinolines, who arrives in Siam clutching her young son by the hand. Having firmly decided against marrying again, she is taking a job as schoolmarm in the gaudy, uncivilized court of King Mongkut (Rex Harrison). The King's domestic arrangements are already pretty well set, what with his hundreds of wives and concubines and an estimated 67 children. There is never a hint of romance between Anna and her difficult new boss. But their relationship is complex, mature, always threatening to explode...
...accept too much help from someone who is not only a foreigner but also a lowly woman. To hold and secure her job, Anna has to perform daily miracles of common sense, dignity, humor, forbearance and strength of character. As played by Irene Dunne and Britain's Rex Harrison (in his first Hollywood movie), the clash of these two kinetic personalities should be more fun for an adult audience than the standard maneuverings toward the classical clinch...
...John Rex Shepler...