Porgy and Bess (film)

Type: Film
Length: 138 minutes

Includes: Summertime
Includes: It Ain't Necessarily So

Source: Porgy and Bess (Opera), Opera

As Noted In: AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies-10th Anniversary - 400 ballot choices, 2007, American Film Institute
As Noted In: US National Film Registry, Library of Congress

Summertime On Catfish Row

Porgy and Bess is a 1959 feature film musical by director Otto Preminger with music by George Gershwin. The film tells the story of Porgy, a crippled street-beggar and his relationship with Bess in the Gullah community of Charleston, South Carolina. - AsNotedIn

Theme Group: Carolina Lowcountry

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Places

Cabbage Row, Charleston, SC Set on Cabbage Row, the fictional Catfish Row
Charleston, SC, South Carolina Setting - Catfish Row

Timeline

Y/M/D		Association	Description	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1959/06/24			Released by Columbia Pictures, "Porgy and Bess" premieres at the Warners' Theatre (lost) on the corner of 47th Street and Broadway in Times Square in New York City.	Times Square	New York City

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Particulars for Porgy and Bess (film):
Cultural Affiliation	African American
Weather	Cyclones, Hurricanes and Typhoons
Art Type	Film
Narrative Arts	Live Action
Narrative Arts	Musical
Narrative Arts	Narrative	an account of connected events
Meteorology	Stormy Weather

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