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Porgy and Bess (1959)

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Actors
Sidney Poitier Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge Bess
Sammy Davis Jr Sportin Life
Pearl Bailey Maria
Brock Peters Crown
Leslie Scott Jake
Diahann Carroll Clara
Ruth Attaway (II) Serena
Clarence Muse Peter
Everdinne Wilson Annie
Joel Fluellen Robbins
Earl Jackson Mingo
Moses LeMarr Nelson
Margaret Hairston Lily
Ivan Dixon Jim
Antoine Durousseau Scipio
Helen Thigpen Strawberry Woman
Vince Townsend Jr Elderly Man
Roy Glenn Lawyer Frazier
William Walker Undertaker
Claude Akins Detective
Maurice Manson Coroner
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Directors
Otto Preminger Director
Ruben Mamoulian Director (re-production)
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Writers
DuBose Heyward (II) Novel as Source Material
DuBose Heyward (II) Play as Source Material
Dorothy Heyward (II) from stage play
N. Richard Nash screenplay
Dorothy Heyward Screenwriter
DuBose Heyward Screenwriter
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Producers
Samuel Goldwyn Producer
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Camera, Film & Tape
Leon Shamroy Director of Photography
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Editors
Daniel Mandell Editor
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Art Department
Serge Krizman art direction
Joseph C. Wright (II) art direction
Oliver Smith production design
Howard Bristol (II) Set Decorator
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Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup
Frank McCoy Makeup
Layne Britton Makeup
Irene Sharaff costume design
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Music
George Gershwin Music ( Summertime A Woman Is a Sometime Thing Honey Man s Call They Pass By Singing Oh Little Stars Gone Gone Gone Fill Up De Saucer My Man s Gone Now The Train Is at the Station Oh I Got Plenty O Nuttin Bess You Is My Woman Now Oh I Can t Sit Down I Ain t Got No Shame It Ain t Necessarily So What You Want Wid Bess It Take a Long Pull To Get There Strawberry Woman s Call Crab Man s Call I Loves You Porgy Oh De Lawd Shake De Heaven Dere s Somebody Knockin at De Do A Red Headed Woman Clara Don t You Be Downhearted There s a Boat Dat s Leavin Soon For New York Good Mornin Sistuh Bess Oh Where s My Bess Oh Lawd I m On My Way )
Ira Gershwin lyrics ( Summertime A Woman Is a Sometime Thing Honey Man s Call They Pass By Singing Oh Little Stars Gone Gone Gone Fill Up De Saucer My Man s Gone Now The Train Is at the Station Oh I Got Plenty O Nuttin Bess You Is My Woman Now Oh I Can t Sit Down I Ain t Got No Shame It Ain t Necessarily So What You Want Wid Bess It Take a Long Pull To Get There Strawberry Woman s Call Crab Man s Call I Loves You Porgy Oh De Lawd Shake De Heaven Dere s Somebody Knockin at De Do A Red Headed Woman Clara Don t You Be Downhearted There s a Boat Dat s Leavin Soon For New York Good Mornin Sistuh Bess Oh Where s My Bess Oh Lawd I m On My Way )
DuBose Heyward (II) lyrics ("Summertime" "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" "Honey Man's Call" "They Pass By Singing" "Oh Little Stars" "Gone Gone Gone" "Fill Up De Saucer" "My Man's Gone Now" "The Train Is at the Station" "Oh I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" "Bess You Is My Woman Now" "Oh I Can't Sit Down" "I Ain't Got No Shame" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "What You Want Wid Bess" "It Take a Long Pull To Get There" "Strawberry Woman's Call" "Crab Man's Call" "I Loves You Porgy" "Oh De Lawd Shake De Heaven" "Dere's Somebody Knockin' at De Do'" "A Red Headed Woman" "Clara Don't You Be Downhearted" "There's a Boat Dats Leavin Soon For New York" "Good Mornin' Sistuh" "Bess Oh Where's My Bess" "Oh Lawd I'm On My Way")
Andre Previn music director
Ken Darby music director associate
Robert McFerrin Song Performer
Adele Addison Song Performer
Sammy Davis Jr Song Performer
Pearl Bailey Song Performer
Brock Peters Song Performer
Loulie Jean Norman Song Performer
Inez Matthews Song Performer
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Choreography
Hermes Pan choreography
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Other Crew
George Gershwin from opera
Ira Gershwin from opera
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Worldwide Distributors
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Theatrical Distributor
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