Porgy and Bess
movie
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Released June 24, 1959
Overview
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
Crew
Otto Preminger
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Director
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Dorothy Heyward
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Theatre Play
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DuBose Heyward
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Theatre Play
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N. Richard Nash
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Screenplay
Samuel Goldwyn
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Producer
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Ken Darby
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Original Music Composer
Leon Shamroy
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Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell
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Editor
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Oliver Smith
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Production Design
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Howard Bristol
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Set Decoration
Irene Sharaff
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Costume Design
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Fred Lau
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Sound Designer