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To Sir, With Love is a 1959 autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite set in the East End of London. The novel is based on the true story of Braithwaite accepting a teaching post in a secondary school. The novel, in 22 chapters, gives insight into the politics of race and class in postwar London.
His novel, To Sir, With Love (1959), was based on his experiences there. [6] [10] It won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. [11] To Sir, with Love was adapted into a film of the same title, starring Sidney Poitier. Although the film was a box-office success, many critics, and Braithwaite himself, considered it too sentimental.
He wrote, produced and directed To Sir, with Love (1967), featuring Sidney Poitier and based on E. R. Braithwaite's semiautobiographical 1959 book. It was a huge critical and commercial success. It was a huge critical and commercial success.
To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in a secondary school in the East End of London. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson , Suzy Kendall , Patricia Routledge and singer Lulu making her film debut. [ 4 ]
"To Sir with Love" became the best-selling single of 1967 in the United States. It sold well in excess of one million copies and was awarded a gold disc, [15] being ranked by Billboard magazine as the number 1 song of the year. In the UK, "To Sir With Love" was released on the B-side of "Let's Pretend", a number 11 hit. [11]
"To Sir with Love" is the theme from James Clavell's 1967 film To Sir, with Love. The song was performed by British singer and actress Lulu (who also starred in the film), and written by Don Black and Mark London (husband of Lulu's longtime manager Marion Massey). Mickie Most produced the record, with Mike Leander arranging and conducting.
In 2005, Publishers Weekly gave To Sir Phillip, With Love a rare starred review, and later, the novel was named as one of the six best mass market original novels of the year. [ 2 ] Each of her last 17 novels have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List , with Mr. Cavendish, I Presume hitting number one in October 2008.
The Chicago Tribune called it "a strange and memorable book." [6] In July 1967 it was announced that James Clavell, then enjoying success with the release of the film To Sir With Love and the book Tai-Pan, would adapt the book into a screenplay and direct a film adaptation for the Mirisch Corporation. [7]