Porgy and Bess (1959)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Porgy

      Sidney Poitier

    • Bess

      Dorothy Dandridge

    • Sportin' Life

      Sammy Davis Jr

    • Maria

      Pearl Bailey

    • Crown

      Brock Peters

    • Jake

      Leslie Scott

    • Clara

      Diahann Carroll

    • Serena

      Ruth Attaway

    • detective

      Claude Akins

    • Peter

      Clarence Muse

    • Annie

      Everdinne Wilson

    • Robbins

      Joel Fluellen

    • Mingo

      Earl Jackson

    • Nelson

      Moses La Marr

    • Lily

      Margaret Hairston

    • Jim

      Ivan Dixon

    • Scipio

      Antoine Durousseau

    • strawberry woman

      Helen Thigpen

    • elderly man

      Townsend Jr, Vince

    • undertaker

      William Walker

    • Frazier

      Glenn Sr, Roy

    • coroner

      Maurice Manson

    • [crabman]

      Scatman Crothers

    • [.]

      Ron Townson

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • Director

      Otto Preminger

    • Production Company

      Inc. Samuel Goldwyn

    • Producer

      Samuel Goldwyn

    • Production Manager

      Doc Merman

    • Assistant Director

      Paul Helmick

    • Screenplay

      N. Richard Nash

    • Based on the play 'Porgy' by

      DuBose Heyward

    • Based on the play 'Porgy' by

      Dorothy Heyward

    • Director of Photography

      Leon Shamroy

    • [Electrical Assistant]

      Bert Challacombe

    • Film Editor

      Daniel Mandell

    • Production Designer

      Oliver Smith

    • Art Director

      Serge Krizman

    • Art Director

      Wright, Joseph

    • Set Decorator

      Howard Bristol

    • Costume Designer

      Irene Sharaff

    • Make-up

      Frank McCoy

    • Make-up

      Layne Britton

    • Hairstyles

      Joan St. Oegger

    • Lyrics by

      DuBose Heyward

    • Lyrics by

      Ira Gershwin

    • Music by

      George Gershwin

    • [Instrumentals]

      Felix Slatkin

    • [Instrumentals]

      Victor Arno

    • [Instrumentals]

      Israel Baker

    • [Instrumentals]

      Milton Thomas

    • [Instrumentals]

      David Frisini

    • [Instrumentals]

      Louis Kaufman

    • [Instrumentals]

      Lloyd Ulyate

    • [Instrumentals]

      Pete Candoli

    • [Instrumentals]

      Shelly Manne

    • [Instrumentals]

      Benny Carter

    • [Instrumentals]

      Bud Shank

    • [Instrumentals]

      Bill Holman

    • [Instrumentals]

      Dave Tell

    • [Instrumentals]

      Frank Capp

    • [Singing Double for Sidney Poitier]

      Robert Mcferrin

    • [Singing Double for Dorothy Dandridge]

      Adele Addison

    • [Singing Double for Diahann Carroll]

      Loulie Jean Norman

    • [Singing Double for Ruth Attaway]

      Inez Matthews

    • Music Supervised and Conducted by

      André Previn

    • [Music] Associate

      Ken Darby

    • Orchestrations

      Alexander Courage

    • Orchestrations

      Conrad Salinger

    • Orchestrations

      Robert Franklyn

    • Orchestrations

      Al Woodbury

    • Music Editor

      Richard Carruth

    • Music Recording

      Murray Spivack

    • Music Recording

      Vinton Vernon

    • Choreography

      Hermes Pan

    • Sound Recording Supervisor

      Fred Hynes

    • Sound Editor

      Hall Jr, Don

    • Todd-AO Consultant

      Schuyler A. Sanford

    • Dialogue Coach

      Max Slater