The story of a disabled homeless man in Charleston, South Carolina who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera to use Gershwin's own orchestrations and virtually all of the music, with only one major cut.
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"American Playhouse" The Gershwins', Porgy & Bess
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Overture and Jasbo Brown Blues
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Summertime
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A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
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Here Come de Honey Man
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They Pass By Singin'
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The Crap Game
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Gone, Gone, Gone
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Overflow, Overflow
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My Man's Gone Now
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Oh, the Train is at the Station
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It Take a Long Pull to Get There
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I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
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Yo' Struttin' Style
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Ira Gershwin:
Lyrics
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now
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Oh, I Can't Sit Down
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I Ain't Got No Shame
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It Ain't Necessarily So
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What You Want With Bess?
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O Doctor Jesus
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Street Vendors' Cries
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I Loves You Porgy
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God and Me/ A Red Headed Woman
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Clara, Clara
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There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
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O Bess, O Where's My Bess
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Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way
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Closing Credits Music
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