Porgy and Bess

The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and practically all of the music, with only one major cut.

• DuBose HeywardWriter
• Dorothy HeywardWriter
• Trevor NunnDirector
• George GershwinOriginal Music Composer

• Willard WhitePorgy
• Cynthia HaymonBess
• Gregg BakerCrown
• Cynthia ClareySerena
• Marietta SimpsonMaria
• Damon EvansSportin' Life
• Paula IngramClara / Annie (singing voice)
• Gordon HawkinsJake
• D. Alonzo WashingtonRobbins
• Mervin WallacePeter
• Barrington ColemanMingo
• William B. JohnsonFrazier