Porgy and Bess / screenplay N. Richard Nash ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by Otto Preminger.

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In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina, Bess - a woman with a disreputable history - tries to break free from her brutish lover Crown after he becomes wanted for murder. The only person willing to overlook her past and offer her she...

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Uniform Title:Porgy and Bess (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Preminger, Otto
Poitier, Sidney
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
Bailey, Pearl
Peters, Brock
McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006
Addison, Adele
Nash, N. Richard
Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2002]
Subjects:
Musical films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Samuel Goldwyn presents Porgy and Bess.
Format: Video DVD

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