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Porgy and Bess
2h 18min
MUSIC
DRAMA
ROMANCE
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.
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Original Title
Porgy and Bess
Runtime (Duration)
2h 18min
Directors
Release Year
1959
Country
United States of America
Production Budget
$7M
Box Office Revenue
$3.5M
Profit / Loss Analysis
-$3.5M
Casting
Actors

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

Otto Preminger
DIRECTOR
Ken Darby
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

George Gershwin
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
N. Richard Nash
SCREENPLAY

Samuel Goldwyn
PRODUCER

Leon Shamroy
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Dorothy Heyward
THEATRE PLAY
DuBose Heyward
THEATRE PLAY

Daniel Mandell
EDITOR
Oliver Smith
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Howard Bristol
SET DECORATION

Irene Sharaff
COSTUME DESIGN
Fred Lau
SOUND DESIGNER

Serge Krizman
ART DIRECTION
Joseph C. Wright
ART DIRECTION
Layne Britton
MAKEUP ARTIST
Frank McCoy
MAKEUP ARTIST

Hermes Pan
CHOREOGRAPHER
Paul Helmick
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

George Gershwin
SONGS

Ira Gershwin
LYRICIST
Fred Lau
SOUND RECORDIST

Ira Gershwin
BOOK
DuBose Heyward
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