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From Google Images The truth about Anna Leonowens In this film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens (Deborah Kerr) becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner). Anna and the king have a clash of personalities as she works to te ach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the king. Initial release :  29 June 1956 ( USA ) Director :  Walter Lang Box office :  21.3 million USD Awards :  Academy Award for Best Actor  etc From Google Images Anna (Jodie Foster) has been employed to educate the king's (Chow Yun-Fat) 58 children. She knows very little of King Mongkut, apart from the fact that his people revere him as a god. She brings with her an East vs...

This is Courtney Chase.  She played Joanne, the central character's only daughter in this movie.   She was so cute and witty in this film For me, even if the actors played their roles well, the story was, for lack of a better term,  was so -so.   Imagine, Joanne's dad, Leonardo, owed some bad people  money.  How does he intend to pay them? To win from gambling and when that did not work, he joined the male escort service. Sigh. I'm still kinder than that imdb reviewer, because even if I think it's so-so, it's not bad as how that reviewer described the film. Good premise, great actors, but...