'Summertime' from Porgy & Bess

A poignant moment at the start of the film.
Apologies for the appalling picture quality.

[kerensabirch]

Her soft, light singing is so much more realistic than some of the renditions where they belt out the song. It's supposed to be a lullaby and I always feel they'd actually wake the baby up!

[kevinwhitaker]

Thank you for putting this beautiful soulful song out.... it's my all time favourite ever song.... I'm a 53yr old punk rocker....but I love and respect all music TYPES...esp this I remember when I first heard this song I was at my grandmothers and grandfather's house and nan played this song ...I was around 6 ---- 7 yrs old and I fell in love with the whole of Porgy and Bess and this song made me cry and cry and when asked why...?!!! I said it was because this song is beautiful and a sad ❤️🇮🇪 I STILL CRY TODAY EVERYTIME I LISTEN TO IT ....!!??? PEACE AND UNITY, FREEDOM ☮️☯️🌎🌏🌍 PROTECT MOTHER EARTH'😊☮️❤️☯️🏴‍☠️🏴🇮🇪🏴🏴🍺😊👍🏴

[taylorchandler]

The American Film Institute voted this song in their 100 Movie Songs Of All Time. Rightfully so too.

[Ubiquity]

I've been looking for the full movie for years..was there some kind of copyright problem ? I've longed to see it again, since I saw it in 1958 when it came out..it marked me for life..such beautiful.music and excellent actors !

[hanschristianbrando]

No need to apologize. It's not your fault the Gershwin heirs have been sitting on this for years so that the one first rate print that still exists can't be seen. It'll become public domain eventually. The movie isn't good enough, but it deserves to be seen.

[MrUgotitme]

is this Diahann Carroll in this scene ???

[libertarian]

So sad but the real reason is the owners of the film have been intimidated into believing its racist and needs to be banned. I have seen the entire movie and it is only a deception of real life of poor southern blacks in the 1920's there is no racism. Its like tearing down statuses

[FatimaStarr]

thanks ive been researching about it .. i always wonder if there is a movie clip thnaks

[nguyenkhanhngoc]

Is the baby's daddy rich? I think the baby in the song was a white child, am I wrong?