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THE KING AND I
June 9, 2016  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

With the Tony Awards coming Sunday, it’s time to get in the mood by watching some classic movie musicals. And TCM has a small slew of them tonight (a slewette, perhaps), starting at 8 ET with this 1956 film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit musical. Yul Brynner won an Oscar for playing the petulant king, and Deborah Kerr co-starred in one of the most iconic cinematic ball gowns this side of Gone with the Wind. Oh, and the song “Shall We Dance?” It’s been an infant-charmer in my family for three generations now.

 
 
 
 
 
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