<I>The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production of Porgy and Bess</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Published by
content: Random House, Inc., American, founded 1925
label: Produced by
content: Ray Freiman
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Pearl Bailey, American, 1918 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Diahann Carroll, American, 1935 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Brock Peters, American, 1927 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Samuel Goldwyn, Inc, American, founded 1923
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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. At the top of the front cover is the book title printed in orange, blue, and white text of varying sizes and fonts that reads [THE / Samuel Goldwyn / MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION OF / PORGY / and / BESS]. The publisher’s information is centered along the bottom edge of the front cover in black text that reads [A RANDOM HOUSE BOOK]. Blue and orange text printed on the spine reads [The Samuel Goldwyn motion picture production of PORGY AND BESS. The name of the publisher, [Random House], is printed in blue text on the bottom of the spine. The back cover features a color photograph of Pearl Bailey as Maria. Bailey is depicted in three quarters bust pose turned towards the right edge of the book. She wears a white, high collared, lace dress, a red bead, double strand necklace, and a straw hat embellished with pink flowers and white tulle. The front pastedown page features a large color photograph of Samuel Goldwyn above a white block with six paragraphs of black text and a reproduction of Samuel Goldwyn's signature. The front fly paper page is orange and features nine black-and-white filmstill photographs of other films. The interior pages of the book are white, glossy pages with black text, color photographs, black-and-white photographs. The book is 34 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.3
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © George Gershwin Estate
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with laminated plastic on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 1/4 × 8 9/16 × 3/8 in. (31.1 × 21.7 × 0.9 cm)