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.
Willard White
Porgy
Cynthia Haymon
Bess
Gregg Baker
Crown
Cynthia Clarey
Serena
Marietta Simpson
Maria
Damon Evans
Sportin' Life
Paula Ingram
Clara / Annie (singing voice)
Gordon Hawkins
Jake
D. Alonzo Washington
Robbins
Mervin Wallace
Peter
Barrington Coleman
Mingo
William B. Johnson
Frazier
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Die Walküre
The Phantom of the Opera
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos
La Vie en Rose
There's Something About Mary
Jungle Fever
Love at Twenty
Dreamgirls
M. Butterfly
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
Rigoletto
The Threepenny Opera
Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany
Tosca
One Chance
Gloria
The Tales of Hoffmann