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A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardless - if only everyone else would allow them to. An incredibly rare 35mm Roadshow I.B. Technicolor 4-Track Mag print screens March 16th - 19th. Often cited as a “Holy Grail” of film prints and “Beyond Rare," the film is based on the 1935 opera by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters and Diahann Carroll star in the 1959 musical drama from director Otto Preminger and producer Samuel Goldwyn, featuring timeless music by George Gershwin. Includes the hit songs Summertime and I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’. Selected for
Sidney Poitier
Porgy
Dorothy Dandridge
Bess
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sportin' Life
Pearl Bailey
Maria
Brock Peters
Crowne
Diahann Carroll
Clara
Leslie Scott
Jake
Ruth Attaway
Serena Robbins
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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Yes, Porgy and Bess currently has 4 advance screenings listed on SeeItEarly in cities including Los Angeles. New screenings are added as studios announce them.
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