The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production of Porgy and Bess

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A full color, hardcover book for the motion picture adaptation of the play Porgy and Bess by Ira and George Gershwin. The film adaptation, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, in 1959 starred Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahnn Carroll and Brock Peters. The front and back covers are paperboard covered with laminated plastic. The front cover features a large, color still from the film of the two lead actors, Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge, who play Porgy and Bess. Poitier, who wears an off white collared shirt and brown pants, is kneeling in a doorway next to Dandridge. Dandridge is depicted looking at Poitier and is holding a wooden bucket with a rope handle with both hands.

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