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1940

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."

Cast

16897

Sidney Poitier

as Porgy

20155

Dorothy Dandridge

as Bess

20156

Sammy Davis Jr.

as Sportin' Life

20157

Pearl Bailey

as Maria

2112

Brock Peters

as Crowne

20158

Diahann Carroll

as Clara

20159

Leslie Scott

as Jake

20160

Ruth Attaway

as Serena Robbins

4307

Claude Akins

as Detective

87825

Clarence Muse

as Peter

1369455

Everdinne Wilson

as Annie

95224

Ivan Dixon

as Jim

7077

Scatman Crothers

as Crabman

54424

Maya Angelou

as Dancer

1753

Nichelle Nichols

as Dancer

Crew

13270

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

4102

Daniel Mandell

Editor

20149

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

13570

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

20152

Ken Darby

Original Music Composer

20154

Oliver Smith

Production Design

13574

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

10918

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

834

Otto Preminger

Director

20150

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

10919

Fred Lau

Sound Designer

20151

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

1369451

Frank McCoy

Makeup Artist

27730

Serge Krizman

Art Direction

95744

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director

7337

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

122108

Layne Britton

Makeup Artist

142625

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

20153

George Gershwin

Songs

974456

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist

20153

George Gershwin

Original Music Composer

10919

Fred Lau

Sound Recordist

974456

Ira Gershwin

Book

20150

DuBose Heyward

Book