NR
6.1
·1959
·138m
Porgy and Bess
Summary
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.
Director
Otto Preminger
Book, Lyricist
Ira Gershwin
Book, Theatre Play
DuBose Heyward
Screenplay
N. Richard Nash
Theatre Play
Dorothy Heyward
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Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$7,000,000.00
Revenue:
$3,500,000.00
Keywords
fisherman
musical
south carolina
based on opera
charleston
1900s
