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From Moscow Art Theatre to Catfish Row
Mamoulian, perhaps more than anyone else, defined the original racial landscape that became the setting for Porgy and Bess.
Kurt Jensen
Kurt Jensen reviews films for the Catholic News Service. His biography Rouben Mamoulian: The Art of Gods and Monkeys will be published by University Press of Mississippi in 2013.