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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Bibliographic Details
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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