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Porgy and Bess: Directed by Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian. With Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey. A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
- 1959-10-14
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Porgy and Bess - Full Cast & Crew. George Gershwin's folk opera transferred to the screen by producer Samuel Goldwyn. Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey....
Only Las Vegas entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. expressed interest in appearing, and arranged to audition for a role during a party at Judy Garland 's home. Ira Gershwin's wife Lee was present and, horrified by Davis' vulgarity, implored Goldwyn, "Swear on your life you'll never use him."
Cast & Crew. A crippled man (Sidney Poitier) falls in love with a beautiful woman (Dorothy Dandridge).
In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina, Bess - a woman with a disreputable history - tries to break free from her brutish lover Crown after he becomes wanted for murder.
