Porgy and Bess

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.

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Art

Oliver Smith

Production Design

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Serge Krizman

Art Direction

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Camera

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Layne Britton

Makeup Artist

Frank McCoy

Makeup Artist

Crew

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

Directing

Otto Preminger

Director

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Ken Darby

Original Music Composer

Fred Lau

Sound Designer

George Gershwin

Original Music Composer

Fred Lau

Sound Recordist

Writing

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist

Art

Oliver Smith

Production Design

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Serge Krizman

Art Direction

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Camera

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Layne Britton

Makeup Artist

Frank McCoy

Makeup Artist

Crew

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

Directing

Otto Preminger

Director

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Ken Darby

Original Music Composer

Fred Lau

Sound Designer

George Gershwin

Original Music Composer

Fred Lau

Sound Recordist

Writing

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist