Word: brynner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ideas, this spectacle of a king learning to govern from a governess, is sometimes touching, and far less insipid than the usual musicomedy romance. Gertrude Lawrence plays Anna with bright, at times even glaring, charm, and with the versatility of a governess particularly qualified to teach singing & dancing. Yul Brynner plays the King with scowling magnetism-with a born fierceness of manner that cannot hide his growing moral confusion...
...even if Mr. Hammerstein does not. As Anna, she sweeps across the stage with more charm and grace than it seems possible for a woman to command. Her voice is thin, but it is clear and sweet. And, as always, her high-comedy acting is a sheer delight, Yul Brynner, a veteran of "Lute Song," plays the King, and he brings to the part an excellent voice and some fine, convincing acting. Doretta Morrow and Dorothy Sarnoff are both impressive performers and singers, and they are both probably quite beautiful, underneath their Oriental make-up. The rest of the adult...