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Porgy and Bess
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Directed By
Otto Preminger
Rouben Mamoulian
Director
Written By
Dorothy Heyward
play "Porgy"
DuBose Heyward
libretto / play "Porgy"
N. Richard Nash
screenplay
Cast
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
Serena Robbins
Claude Akins
Detective
Clarence Muse
Peter
Everdinne Wilson
Annie
Joel Fluellen
Robbins
Earl Jackson
Mingo
Moses LaMarr
Nelson
Margaret Hairston
Lily
Ivan Dixon
Jim
Antoine Durousseau
Scipio
Helen Thigpen
Strawberry woman
Vince Townsend Jr.
Elderly man
Bill Walker
Undertaker
Roy Glenn
Frazier
Maurice Manson
Coroner
Scatman Crothers
Crabman
Adele Addison
Bess
Maya Angelou
Dancer
Geoffrey Holder
Dancer
Inez Matthews
Serena
Robert McFerrin
Porgy
Nichelle Nichols
Dancer
Loulie Jean Norman
Clara
Ron Townson
Chorus
Produced By
Samuel Goldwyn
producer
Music
George Gershwin
Cinematography
Leon Shamroy
director of photography
Sound
Don Hall
supervising sound editor
Fred Lau
sound
Editing
Daniel Mandell
Production Design
Oliver Smith
Art Direction
Serge Krizman
Joseph C. Wright
Set Design
Howard Bristol
Costumes
Irene Sharaff
Makeup
Layne Britton
makeup artist
Frank McCoy
makeup artist
Assistant Director
Paul Helmick
assistant director
Other
Joe Hyams
publicist / unit publicist
Hermes Pan
choreographer
Music Department
Pete Candoli
musician: trumpet
Frank Capp
musician: percussion
Benny Carter
musician: reeds
Alexander Courage
orchestrator
Ken Darby
music associate
Robert Franklyn
orchestrator
Russ Freeman
musician: piano
Ira Gershwin
lyricist
Willis Holman
musician: reeds
Shelly Manne
musician: percussion
Dave Pell
musician: reeds
André Previn
conductor / music supervisor / music adaptor
Conrad Salinger
orchestrator
Bud Shank
musician: reeds
Felix Slatkin
musician: violin
Lloyd Ulyate
musician: trombone
Albert Woodbury
orchestrator
Costume Department
Joe King
costumer
Camera Department
Al St. Hilaire
still photographer
Phil Stern
still photographer
Bert Chaliacombe
electrical assistant
Gjon Mili
still photographer
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