Where Do We Go From Here?

March 13, 2015

Released by 20th Century Fox in New York City on June 6, 1945. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Morrie Ryskind, adapted from a story by Ryskind and Sig Herzig. Directed…

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A Star Is Born

March 13, 2015

Released by Warner Bros. at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, on September 29, 1954. Music by Harold Arlen.  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Moss Hart, based on an earlier screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell,…

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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

March 13, 2015

Released by 20th Century Fox on February 11, 1947. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Written and directed by George Seaton. Produced by William Perlberg.  Cast included Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Anne…

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Shall We Dance

March 13, 2015

Released by RKO on May 7, 1937.  Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano. Directed by Mark Sandrich.  Produced by Pandro S. Berman. Cast included Fred…

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Rhapsody in Blue [F]

March 13, 2015

Released in September 1945 by Warner Bros.  Music by George Gershwin.  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Irving Caesar, B. G. De Sylva, DuBose Heyward, and Ballard MacDonald.  Screenplay by Howard Koch and Elliot Paul, from a…

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Porgy and Bess [F, 1993]

March 13, 2015

First television broadcast in 1993.  Adapted for the screen by Trevor Nunn and Yves Baigneres, based on the Glyndebourne Festival production of the opera by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin.   Directed…

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Porgy and Bess [F, 1959]

March 13, 2015

Released by Columbia Pictures at the Warner Theatre, New York City, on June 24, 1959.  Music by George Gershwin.   Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by N. Richard Nash, based on the libretto…

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The North Star

March 13, 2015

Released by RKO at the Palace and Victoria Theatres in New York City on November 4, 1943.  Music by Aaron Copland.  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by Lillian Hellman.  Directed by Lewis Milestone.  Produced by…

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Kiss Me, Stupid

March 13, 2015

Released by United Artists on December 22, 1964 in New York City.  Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond.  Produced and directed by Billy Wilder.  Cast…

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The Goldwyn Follies

March 13, 2015

Released by United Artists at the State Theatre, Miami, on January 28, 1938.  Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.  Additional Music by Vernon Duke.  Screenplay by Ben Hecht.  Directed by George Marshall. …

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