Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

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138min / June 24, 1959

MusicDramaRomance
Description
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.
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures