1959
Porgy and Bess
Directed by Otto Preminger
Introducing a new era in motion pictures!
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.
Duration
2h 18m
Released
June 24, 1959
Revenue
$3,500,000