Porgy And Bess

[1959, Movie, NR, 138 mins]

Porgy And Bess: Cast & Details

Year: 1959
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 138
Format: Color
Genre(s): Musical
Production Co(s).: Goldwyn
Released By: Columbia

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Score (Musical) - Andre Previn, Ken Darby
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound - Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes
Academy Award Nominee: Best Color Cinematography - Leon Shamroy
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff

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Cast
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 LaMarr: Nelson
Margaret Hairston: Lily
Ivan Dixon: Jim
Antoine Durousseau: Scipio
Helen Thigpen: Strawberry Woman
Vince Townsend Jr.: Elderly Man
William Walker: Undertaker
Roy E. Glenn Sr.: Frazier
Maurice Manson: Coroner
Claude Akins: Detective

Credits
Otto Preminger: Director
N. Richard Nash: Writer - based on the operetta by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, the play by DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, and the novel by DuBose Heyward
DuBose Heyward: Source
Dorothy Heyward: Source
George Gershwin: Source
Ira Gershwin: Source
Samuel Goldwyn: Producer
Leon Shamroy: Cinematographer - ToddAO/Technicolor
Daniel Mandell: Editor
George Gershwin: Musical Composer
Oliver Smith: Production Designer
Joseph C. Wright: Art Director
Serge Krizman: Art Director
Howard Bristol: Set Decorator
Irene Sharaff: Costumes
Andre Previn: Music Director
Hermes Pan: Choreography
Layne Britton: Make Up
Frank McCoy: Make Up

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Porgy And Bess

[1959, Movie, NR, 138 mins]

Porgy And Bess: Cast & Details

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