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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.
To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson , Suzy Kendall , Patricia Routledge and singer Lulu making her film debut. [ 4 ]
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.
"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]
The legendary Scottish singer Lulu has had a career that’s spanned six decades and is still, as she says, “smashing it onstage.” But she is most associated with a song and a film that she ...
To Sir, with Love II is a 1996 American television film directed by Peter Bogdanovich (his first made-for-TV film). A sequel to the 1967 British film To Sir, with Love, it stars Sidney Poitier reprising the role of Mark Thackeray. The film premiered on April 7, 1996 on CBS. Like the first film, it deals with social issues in an inner city school.
The late revolutionary actor Sidney Poitier chose to inhabit roles that shined a light on the ugliness of racial injustice and defied it with grace, poise, and dignity. Ali Velshi explains how ...
The Greatest Story Ever Told: Simon of Cyrene: 1965 A Patch of Blue: Gordon Ralfe 1965 The Slender Thread: Alan Newell 1966 Duel at Diablo: Toller, Contract Horse Dealer 1967 To Sir, with Love: Mr. Mark Thackeray [3] 1967 In the Heat of the Night: Detective Virgil Tibbs [4] 1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Dr. John Wade Prentice [5] 1968 For ...