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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" 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.
"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 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 ...
But she is most associated with a song and a film that she made when she was a teenager: the 1967 Sidney Poitier-starring classic “To Sir, With Love.” The film depicted Poitier as a British ...
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 Love of Ivy: Jack Parks 1969 The Lost Man: Jason Higgs 1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs 1971 Brother John: John Kane 1971 The Organization ...
Judith Amanda Geeson (born 10 September 1948 [1]) is an English film, stage, and television actress.She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on The Newcomers from 1965 to 1967, before making her major film debut in To Sir, with Love (1967).
To Sir With Love" by Lulu (pictured) was the number one song of 1967. The Monkees (pictured) had four songs on the year-end chart ("I'm a Believer" at number five, "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" at number 60, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" at number 74, and "Daydream Believer" at number 94), the most of any artist that year.