Editing Walter Lang (section)

==Career==
In 1925, Walter Lang directed his first [[silent film]], ''[[The Red Kimono]]''. In the mid-1930s, he was hired by [[20th Century Fox]] where, as a director, he "painted" a number of the spectacular colorful musicals for which Fox Studios became famous for producing during the 1940s. One of Lang's most recognized films is the lavish adaptation of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s musical ''[[The King and I (1956 film)|The King and I]]'' (1956) for which he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Directing]].<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/walter-lang/ |title=Walter Lang |date=February 8, 1972 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and his star, [[Yul Brynner]], won the Oscar for Best Actor in a role he immortalized.  Another is ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'', also a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, which was shown to [[WW2]] servicemen around the world in the last months of the war.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Walter Lang has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6520 Hollywood Blvd.<ref name="HWOF">{{cite web |url=http://hwof.com/star/motion-pictures/walter-lang/682 |title=Walter Lang |access-date=December 7, 2014 |work=Hollywood Walk of Fame}}</ref>