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   1959 · Romance · 2h 18m

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     Sidney Poitier

     Porgy
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     Dorothy Dandridge

     Bess
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     Sammy Davis Jr.

     Sportin' Life
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     Pearl Bailey

     Maria
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     Brock Peters

     Crown
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     Leslie Scott

     Jake

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   Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles. It is based on the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, in turn based on Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy, as well as Heyward's subsequent 1927 non-musical ...

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   A film adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the Gershwin opera, starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge and Sammy Davis Jr. The film features the classic songs \"Summertime\", \"It Ain't Necessarily So\" and \"I Loves You Porgy\".

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   • Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance

   • Director: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
   • Release Date: 1959-10-14

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   A musical adaptation of the play Porgy by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge and Sammy Davis Jr. as the main characters. The film follows the love story of Porgy and Bess, two black residents of a South Carolina fishing village, amidst the challenges of poverty and racism.

   • Director: Otto Preminger, Paul Helmick

   • Actors: Sidney Poitier

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   Aug 22, 2022 · A film adaptation of the opera by George Gershwin, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge as the main characters. The film is controversial, rare and unavailable on home video, and was chosen for the National Film Registry.

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   Feb 28, 2020 · 1.8K. 131K views 4 years ago. 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...

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10. www.imdb.com › title › tt0053182Porgy and Bess (1959) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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    Find out who starred in the 1959 musical film adaptation of George Gershwin's opera, directed by Otto Preminger. See the full list of actors, singers, musicians, producers and other crew members.

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    The sultry Bess (Dorothy Dandridge) becomes the object of desire of Porgy (Sidney Poitier), a disabled man who gets around in a cart. But Bess is also involved with thuggish Crown (Brock...

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    • Category: Drama, Musical, Romance

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    Who starred in Porgy & Bess?

    • Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles.

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    What happened to Porgy and Bess?

    • In her drugged state, she finally accepts his offer to take her to New York. When Porgy returns and discovers she is gone, he sets off to find her. Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles.

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    What is Porgy and Bess about?

    • An operatic masterpiece and the most ambitious work by one of the America’s greatest musical talents, Porgy and Bess focuses on the joys and struggles of a black neighbourhood in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 20th century.

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    Is Porgy based on a true story?

    • It is based on the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, in turn based on Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy, as well as Heyward's subsequent 1927 non-musical stage adaptation, co-written with his wife Dorothy.

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