Classic Movie Travel Sites in Halifax, Nova Scotia
I had the pleasure of visiting Nova Scotia over the summer, and as any true-blue Classic Movie Fan would do, I just had to find some classic-movie-related sites to make my trip complete! That said, I’d like to share some photos and a youtube c read more
I had a lot of pleasure when I wrote about Cecil Beaton’s costumes for My Fair Lady for The 31 Days of Oscars Blogathons (the crafts). So, when Christina Wenher and Into the Writer Lea announced their Characters in Costume Blogfest, I thought it was a most appealing idea. I obviously wanted read more
Win Tickets to see “The King and I” on the Big Screen! in Select Cinemas Nationwide August 28 & August 31! CMH is thrilled to announce the next of our monthly movie ticket giveaways this year, courtesy of Fathom Events! That said, this month, we’ll be giving away SIX PAIRS of tickets to see read more
The King and I
Directed by Walter Lang
Written by Ernest Lehman based on the musical play by Oscar Hammerstein III based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
1956/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant When Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr begin to polka, read more
Next to The Sound of Music, everyone knows the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. Their celebrity status probably is the reason both have similar plotlines: A governess out of her depth travels to a new place to teach a powerful’s man children, of which there’s several. Wh read more
Lying around daydreaming about movies the other day (as I tend to do), I began to think about The King and I, a movie I last saw at the Maureen O’Hara Classic Film Festival last month, and just how much I love one particular sequence in the movie. In a film that I think is chock full of quali read more
Sometimes it is hard to tell people that I really don’t care for anything with the Rodgers and Hammerstein seal of approval. I see their eyes light up and reminisce about how innocent, colorful and quaint those films are and I hold my tongue and nod. Who am I to stomp on beautiful memories? But read more
