Porgy and Bess
“The Goldwyn Touch!...more dramatic than ever before!”
6.3(27)NR19592h 18mEN
Directed by Otto Preminger
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.
Details
fishermanmusicalsouth carolinabased on operacharleston1900s
Budget $7.0MBox office $3.5M
