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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Costume & Make-Up | Irene Sharaff | Costume Design |
Writing | DuBose Heyward | Theatre Play |
Writing | Dorothy Heyward | Theatre Play |
Production | Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
Sound | Ken Darby | Original Music Composer |
Art | Howard Bristol | Set Decoration |
Art | Oliver Smith | Production Design |
Sound | Fred Lau | Sound Designer |
Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
Writing | N. Richard Nash | Screenplay |
Directing | Otto Preminger | Director |
Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Layne Britton | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
Directing | Paul Helmick | Assistant Director |
Art | Serge Krizman | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
Sound | George Gershwin | Songs |
Sound | George Gershwin | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Ira Gershwin | Lyricist |
Sound | Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |