Here's a footnote for this remark posted above:

"Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershin (sic) (from a novel by someone whose name I can't remember)."

The original play was simply titled Porgy and was written by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, produced on Broadway from 1927-1931 and ran for 367 performances. The play itself was based on a novel written by DuBose Heyward in 1924. The Gershwin production included totally different songs and line changes, and for some period of time was the focus of a lawsuit between the Heywards and the Gershwins.

Charley Noble