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