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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.
Language
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $3,500,000
English
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $3,500,000
Keywords
fisherman
musical
south carolina
based on opera
charleston
1900s
Casts
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
Crews
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Ken Darby
Original Music Composer
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Otto Preminger
Director
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
Fred Lau
Sound Designer
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Serge Krizman
Art Direction
Paul Helmick
Assistant Director
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
George Gershwin
Songs
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer
Fred Lau
Sound Recordist
Ira Gershwin
Book
DuBose Heyward
Book
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