Saturday Morning Cinema: Porgy and Bess w/ Dorothy Dandridge & Sidney Poitier- A Must-Watch Classic!

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Ай бұрын

Welcome to another Saturday morning feature on BlackTree Media! Today, we're thrilled to present the timeless classic "Porgy and Bess" starring the legendary Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier. This iconic film, directed by Otto Preminger, brings George Gershwin's powerful opera to life, set in the vibrant and tumultuous world of Catfish Row. Join us as we dive into the captivating story of love, struggle, and resilience. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more classic film features!
A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
Directors
Otto PremingerRouben Mamoulian
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@CotillionQueen Ай бұрын

Morning everyone’s 👋🏾🖤. Love this movie🥰

@blacktreemedia Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@evanokeroa4877 29 күн бұрын

What's its telling

@kevenreynolds333 19 күн бұрын

How come the images are not shape and crispy clear?

@aimajeffresswood8702 Ай бұрын

Thank You for posting this classic! 🎉

@denisebatts3414 29 күн бұрын

This movie/ musical brings back so many memories when I was a child. Wow thank you for uploading it

@Savvynlady Ай бұрын

I remember as a kid watching this back in the 70s on NYC Channel 11. To this day, I'm sad it can't be viewed or even put to dvd or streamed.

@cpeeps430 Ай бұрын

I remember seeing it back then too when I was a kid growing up in the Bronx. WPIX TV had all of great movies! Unfortunately the Preminger estate decreed somehow that this original film will not be shown again. I've been waiting for it to be shown on TCM but they can't get the rights.

@najahabdullah2274 Ай бұрын

Why is that?

@paulsuchy6210 Ай бұрын

@@najahabdullah2274Gershwin hated the film version and refused to renew the rights; his family honored his wishes and won't allow a release.

@Selena-T629 28 күн бұрын

I remember watching it on Channel 13 when I was a child.

@oliverbrownlow5615 25 күн бұрын

@@paulsuchy6210The composer George Gershwin did not hate the film version of PORGY AND BESS that was made in 1959, because he died in 1937. Perhaps his brother Ira Gershwin, who wrote the lyrics to many of his songs, and who collaberated with the novelist and playwright Dubose Heyward on the lyrics to PORGY AND BESS, hated it, although this is disputed. The Gershwin estate has attempted, with significant success, to promote the performance of the complete, operatic version of PORGY AND BESS that George Gershwin originally wrote, which includes a lot more orchestral music and recitative replacing much of the dialogue heard in the movie. Suppressing the film seems to be part of that effort. Due to an unusual provision of the agreement that allowed to film to be produced, effective control of the exhibition and distribution rights to the film reverted to the Gershwin and Heyward estates (and presumably, to Ira Gershwin personally until his death in 1983) in 1974, and they have chosen to allow it to be seen only a few times in theatrical showings in New York, in 2007, 2010, and 2019. The good news is that at least a few high-quality prints still exist.

@traceyf4842 Ай бұрын

Thank you! I really enjoyed the music in this movie! Everybody have a wonderful, blessed day! 🤗

@Qu33n 29 күн бұрын

I have been looking to get this on DVD or VHS for decades! Thank you for uploading! (Ms. Dorothy Dandridge 🌹)

@blacktreemedia 29 күн бұрын

You're very welcome!

@cpeeps430 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this!!!

@pbenson56fran 27 күн бұрын

I remember this classic from back in the day.... Listen to that beautiful soprano voice.

@cheekophiltranscendsvision4426 Ай бұрын

Was my childhood beautiful xxx

@flv0958 Ай бұрын

More Dorothy Dandridge please.

@lseven5212 29 күн бұрын

OMG! Thank you so much. I have been searching for this movie for so long. Thank you 🥰

@blacktreemedia 29 күн бұрын

Enjoy it

@ErikaMcQueen89 8 күн бұрын

Thank you !!

@theviolingeek Ай бұрын

Wow! What a musical score!😊🎉

@oliverbrownlow5615 11 күн бұрын

Although this isn't the full operatic version intended by George Gershwin, it's a beautful, Academy Award winning adaptation by André Previn and Ken Darby, and a great introduction to the work for first-time listeners.

@hanschristianbrando5588 Ай бұрын

The Gershwin heirs are sitting on the only first rate Todd-AO Technicolor print still in existence. But this one's better than some.

@robbey10 10 күн бұрын

This film is almost impossible to find and I am proud to say that my dad is an extra in it. I hope that I will be able to spot him. It was filmed on Robert's Island in Stockton California.

@user-jl9om3uf3m Ай бұрын

They was killing over dice game back then and still killing over dice game today

@sandiinman3311 29 күн бұрын

❤

@MarvinHicks-dd7qb Ай бұрын

💜💜💜💜💜

@MarvinHicks-dd7qb Ай бұрын

💎💎💎💎💎

@user-ff4ms3cb9g 12 күн бұрын

❤😂❤😂❤❤😂❤

@lqros2035 Ай бұрын

I love this film but I only know it from the soundtrack, never seen it, it doesn't seem to get shown very much sadly

@segunsaba7646 Ай бұрын

Not even in hd

@sunnydaysahead9108 Ай бұрын

digging a deeper grave every day

@jamessheridan4306 28 күн бұрын

Not to nit-pick, but the original main title music is replaced by the prelude from the OST album. Wonder why.

@pbenson56fran 26 күн бұрын

I just found out that Sidney did not sing. Bobby McFerrin's father sung his part. But it looks like I see Nipsey Russell and Pearl Bailey in this movie. I got to do some more research.

@BlvkIsMyVibe 11 күн бұрын

Dorthy didn't sing, either.

@oliverbrownlow5615 11 күн бұрын

Sammy Davis, jr., as "Sportin' Life," absolutely sings for himself, although due to his record label's failure to come to an agreement with the label that had the right to release the Original Soundtrack Recording, his role is sung on the OSR by Cab Calloway (and needless to say, Cab Calloway's performance is also worth hearing).

@pbenson56fran 10 күн бұрын

@@BlvkIsMyVibe thank you....

@pbenson56fran 10 күн бұрын

@@oliverbrownlow5615 you know your history of this musical.....

@inolagranville7832 Ай бұрын

I’ve never seen for canvas and I really want to watch it. This version is is not very good and I’m sure you have a better one out there somewhere that you can truly enjoy the movie I’ll be looking for it.

@bestdisco1979 29 күн бұрын

Good luck with that. It doesnt exist. This is all there is.

@jamessheridan4306 28 күн бұрын

@@bestdisco1979 In 2007, the film saw a theatrical showing when, on September 26-27, the Ziegfeld Theatre in midtown-Manhattan presented it in its entirety, complete with overture, intermission and exit music, followed by a discussion with Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch. The film was shown twice more in New York in 2010 and again in 2019. So you see the complete Todd-AO version DOES exist; it's just a matter of getting it more widely seen.

@devinagrace1999 Ай бұрын

What is this movie about? Thank you

@waldolydecker8118 Ай бұрын

Shoddy production with a complicated history...given the final product, would have been better off to leave it alone since there was no commitment to doing it right.

@judithlungen6958 Ай бұрын

A shambles of a movie. Instead of casting Leontyne Price, Henry McBoatright, William Warfield and treat it as a true folk opera, voices are dubbed. It is an insult to everyone !!

@noorgonzalez1076 Ай бұрын

😮😢 Hollywood politics 😩🥹 John 13:34 Isaiah 35:5,6

@brithaddenhadden8383 Ай бұрын

@@noorgonzalez1076 the bible was written by misogynistic males to subjugate women and should be disregarded by anyone who believes in equal rights for all !

@beamaze1560 Ай бұрын

The video/picture quality is horrible 😬

@blacktreemedia Ай бұрын

It’s 1959!

@arts7867 Ай бұрын

@@blacktreemedia It's got nothing to do with it's being 1959! If you don't know the whole story behind the reasons that "Porgy and Bess" exists in only a few bad prints, and it not permitted to be screened, I suggest you find out. Not only is this a dreadful print, it's missing 25 minutes.

@blacktreemedia Ай бұрын

@arts7867 I will look into it

@waldolydecker8118 Ай бұрын

@@blacktreemedia - has nothing to do with "1959" clown, lol....haven't you seen other movies from 1959 that are crisp and clear large screen digital prints? Learn your history, so-called "blacktreemedia," if you are going to parade around with a "black" moniker...otherwise all you're doing is making "black" look stupid and uninformed - exactly the stereotype.

@jamessheridan4306 28 күн бұрын

The history of this film is long and complicated but Wikipedia gives a fairly accurate account. Worth a read.