Porgy and Bess (1959)

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NR | 2 hr 18 mins | Adaptation | Released: 6/24/1959

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Synopsis:

Adaptation of the famous play/opera about life in a black neighborhood known as "Catfish Row" in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/24/1959

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Otto Preminger	Director
Ruben Mamoulian	Director pre-
Cast	Credit
Sidney Poitier	Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge	Bess
Sammy Davis Jr	Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey	Maria
Brock Peters	Crown
Leslie Scott	Jake
Diahann Carroll	Clara
Ruth Attaway	Serena
Clarence Muse	Peter
Everdinne Wilson	Annie
Joel Fluellen	Robbins
Earl Jackson	Mingo
Moses LeMarr	Nelson
Margaret Hairston	Lily
Ivan Dixon	Jim
Antoine Durousseau	Scipio
Helen Thigpen	Strawberry Woman
Vince Townsend Jr	Elderly Man
Roy Glenn	Lawyer Frazier
William Walker	Undertaker
Claude Akins	Detective
Maurice Manson	Coroner
Production Credits	Credit
Samuel Goldwyn	Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
DuBose Heyward	Play as Source Material
DuBose Heyward	Source Material (from novel)
N Richard Nash	Screenplay
Dorothy Heyward	Play as Source Material - from stage play
Art Department	Credit
Serge Krizman	Art Director - art direction
Howard Bristol	Set Decorator
Oliver Smith	Production Designer - production design
Joseph C Wright	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Leon Shamroy	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Robert McFerrin	Song Performer
Ira Gershwin	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
George Gershwin	Music
DuBose Heyward	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Adele Addison	Song Performer
Andre Previn	Music - music director
Sammy Davis Jr	Song Performer
Ken Darby	Music - music director associate
Pearl Bailey	Song Performer
Brock Peters	Song Performer
Loulie Jean Norman	Song Performer
Inez Matthews	Song Performer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Irene Sharaff	Costume Designer - costume design
Frank McCoy	Makeup
Layne Britton	Makeup

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