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276 PORGY AND BESSColumbia, 1959PRINCIPAL CAST Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr.,Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters, Pearl BaileyDIRECTOROtto PremingerPRODUCERSamuel GoldwynSCREENWRITERS DuBose Heyward, N. Richard NashThis production of Gershwin’s legendary opera gained controversy as it made its wayto the screen. A shabby fishing village in South Carolina is the setting for this allsinginglove story. Crown, wanted for murder, has gone into hiding, leaving girlfriendBess behind. Her high-life background makes her an outcast in Catfish Row, butcrippled Porgy provides shelter and soon falls under her spell.277 THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICEMGM, 1946PRINCIPAL CAST Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil KellawayDIRECTORTay GarnettPRODUCERCarey WilsonSCREENWRITERS Harry Ruskin, Niven BuschTurner and Garfield steam up the screen as the illicit lovers who “accidentally”murder her husband. Based on James M. Cain’s potboiler, Turner’s scorching sirenis only out for herself, but their mutual obsession destroys them both in this classicfilm noir.278 THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEESRKO, 1942PRINCIPAL CAST Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter BrennanDIRECTORSam WoodPRODUCERSamuel GoldwynSCREENWRITERS Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, Paul GallicoThe beloved New York Yankee’s career was cut too short when he was diagnosedwith amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cooper’s touching delivery of Gehrig’s farewell,“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth,” is one of thefilm’s most poignant moments.279 THE PRODUCERSEmbassy, 1967PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSCREENWRITERZero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick ShawnMel BrooksSidney GlazierMel BrooksMostel is a Broadway producer and Wilder is his meek accountant who scheme toproduce an enormous flop in an effort to bilk the “little old ladies” for money. Whenthe curtain goes up on Springtime for Hitler, their sure-fire flop becomes a sure-firehit, sending them to prison.92 American Film Institute