"To Sir, With Love" (1967) In his third big-screen hit that year, Poitier did a role reversal from his "Blackboard Jungle" days -- this time going behind the teacher's desk at an inner-city London school.Jan 7, 2022
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The main theme of the novel is the clash between a traditional American idealism which proclaims education the main goal and bulwark of a democratic society and the realities of what was happening in the city's schools after the war.
Thackeray retains a calm demeanour, but loses his temper when he discovers something being burned in the classroom stove, which turns out to be a girl's sanitary towel.
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 taking up a teaching post in a Greenslade school. The novel, in 22 chapters, gives insight into the politics of race and class in postwar London.
Thankfully, To Sir was a massive success, earning a reported $22 million in gross box office sales at the time of its release in 1967. At his 10 percent rate, this means Poitier would have earned an estimated $2.2 million as his salary for To Sir, With Love.Jan 7, 2022
He grew up in the Bahamas, but moved to Miami at age 15, and to New York City when he was 16. He joined the American Negro Theatre, landing his breakthrough film role as a high school student in the film Blackboard Jungle (1955)....Sidney Poitier.Sidney Poitier KBE2002–2007Ambassador to UNESCO18 more rows
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The book ends on an upbeat but ambiguous note as Dadier remains a teacher at the school. Movie studios quickly saw the potential for the novel to be made into a film. MGM won out over two other studios to by the rights before the book was even released.Jan 21, 2007
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Each film was indelible, and each brought themes unique to Poitier, who was then 40, to artistic culmination and resolution. To Sir, with Lovecame first, directed by the triple-threat talent James Clavell—screenwriter, director, and the author of epic novels such as Shogun.Feb 1, 2017
A classic portrayal of teen angst, where these impoverished, battered kids, who have turned out badly, are determined to brutalize everyone around them. The teachers let them dance between classes to vent some of their aggressive energy, but they all treat the classroom as though it were an unsupervised sandbox.