Music ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1959 · 2h 18m

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess poster
Director
Otto Preminger
Cast
Sidney Poitier as Porgy Dorothy Dandridge as Bess Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life Pearl Bailey as Maria Brock Peters as Crowne Diahann Carroll as Clara
Crew
Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography Daniel Mandell — Editor Ken Darby — Original Music Composer George Gershwin — Original Music Composer N. Richard Nash — Screenplay Samuel Goldwyn — Producer
Tagline

The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!

Synopsis

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Trailer Porgy and Bess — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s
Key Collaborators
Otto Preminger Director Leon Shamroy Director of Photography Daniel Mandell Editor Ken Darby Original Music Composer George Gershwin Original Music Composer N. Richard Nash Screenplay Samuel Goldwyn Producer Oliver Smith Production Design Irene Sharaff Costume Design
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