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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.

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Directors

> Trevor Nunn (Director)
> Chris Townsend (Director of Photography)

Writers

> DuBose Heyward (Writer)
> Dorothy Heyward (Writer)
> Ira Gershwin (Lyricist)
> Trevor Nunn (Adaptation)
> Yves Baigneres (Adaptation)
> Ira Gershwin (Book)
> DuBose Heyward (Book)