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Porgy and Bess in Wien

Movie 1953 Released
  • Documentary
  • Music
  • 1953

Featuring the opera star Leontyne Price, the concert baritone William Warfield, and the irrepressible jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, this virtually unknown short film documents the first stop on what would become a four-year US State Department–sponsored tour of the Everyman Opera Company's production of the Gershwin-Heyward opera Porgy and Bess.

Porgy and Bess in Wien is a movie first shown in 1953. Runtime is 29 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Documentary, Music.

29mRuntime

Title details

Type
Movie
Original title
Porgy and Bess in Wien
Release year
1953
Release date
January 1, 1953
Status
Released
Runtime
29 minutes
Genres
Documentary, Music
Production companies
United States Information Service
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Cast

William Warfield

William Warfield

Leontyne Price

Leontyne Price

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

John McCurry

John McCurry

U

Urylee Leonardos

G

George Royston Jr.

H

Howard A. Roberts

H

Helen Colbert

L

Llewellyn E. Thompson

J

Joseph James

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