Porgy and Bess
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.
Porgy and Bess
June 24, 1959
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Cast (15)
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Leslie Scott
Jake
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
Claude Akins
Detective
Clarence Muse
Peter
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
Crew (22)
Directing
Otto Preminger
Director
Paul Helmick
Assistant Director
Writing
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Production
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Sound
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer
George Gershwin
Songs
Fred Lau
Sound Designer
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
Ken Darby
Original Music Composer
Art
Serge Krizman
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Camera
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Editing
Daniel Mandell
Editor