Porgy and Bess > Film


Show Details

Show
Porgy and Bess (110)
Music
George Gershwin (859)
Lyrics
Ira Gershwin (708), DuBose Heyward (106)
Book
DuBose Heyward (106)

Recording Details

Date
1959
Type
Video / Film Cast
Language
English
Location
US / CA
Group/Studio
Samuel Goldwyn
Book
N. Richard Nash (6) — Screenplay
Director
Otto Preminger (7)
Choreography
Hermes Pan (45)
Conductor
André Previn (146)
Orchestrations
Alexander Courage (46), Robert Franklyn (31), Conrad Salinger (106), Albert Woodbury (12)
Performer
Adele Addison (2) — dubs Dorothy Dandridge,
Ruth Attaway (2) — Serena,
Pearl Bailey (94) — Maria,
Diahann Carroll (34) — Clara,
Scatman Crothers (17) — Crab Man,
Dorothy Dandridge (10) — Bess,
Sammy Davis Jr. (129) — Sportin' Life,
Earl Jackson (2) — MIngo,
Inez Matthews (6) — dubs Ruth Attaway,
Robert McFerrin (2) — dubs Sidney Poitier,
Clarence Muse (7) — Peter,
Loulie Jean Norman (15) — dubs Diahann Carroll,
Brock Peters (14) — Crown,
Sidney Poitier (3) — Porgy,
Leslie Scott (4) — Jake,
Helen Thigpen (5) — Strawberry Woman
Notes
Withdrawn after a 1967 television broadcast, though an abridged bootleg version exists and was briefly sold in Germany on DVD (see Wikipedia link below).
Shortcode
[r28199]

Releases

Format
Video File
Audio
Stereo
Length
1:58:07
Lists
15 collectors / 0 wish lists
History
1 Revisions
Shortcode
[rl45079]

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