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BFI identifier
48779

Title

To Sir, With Love (Original)

Date
1967 (Copyright)
1967-10-29 (Release)

EIDR identifier

10.5240/2116-A921-FD9F-839A-5C51-L

Production country
United Kingdom, USA
Production company
Columbia (British) Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Synopsis
A black supply teacher in a London secondary modern school succeeds in preparing his class for adult life. (Synopsis)

Category

Fiction

Genre
Drama
Subject
East London
Teaching
Schools
Black people
Teenagers
School leavers
Credits
Directed by: James Clavell
Â©: Columbia (British) Productions
Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Cast
Sidney Poitier (Mark Thackeray)
Christian Roberts (Denham)
Judy Geeson (Pamela Dare)
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BFI Filmography

Collections
Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
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Scripts / Documents
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by E.R. Braithwaite - SCR-17943
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by E.R. Braithwaite - SCR-17944
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-48779
Small pressbook held.
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Posters / Designs
Poster: film - Polish Poster title Nauczyciel z przedmieÅ›cia WDA 3 Zam 26 P52 Naklad 8000 Silhouette of Sidney Poitier. A1 Poster Flat with no folds. Signed and dated 1969 - PD-22302
Poster: film - Portrait format poster featuring a silhouette of Sidney Poitier - PD-22320
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Stills
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1h9
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1gn
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1gm
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1gl
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-1gk
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Articles
Cinema Business n54 February 2009 - Article
Variety 14 Jun 1967
The Daily Cinema n9417 6 Sep 1967
Film and TV Technician v32 n259 December 1966 - Credits

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Books
Poitier revisited: reconsidering a black icon in the Obama age - 2015
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Digital documents
BFI Southbank Programme Notes October 2016
available to view in BFI Reuben Library

Â Â Hierarchy Display

+To Sir, With Love
Work - 48779 - 1967 (Copyright)

United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-723158 - Film - Viewing
  
  16mm - Colour Positive - Combined
- To Sir, With Love
  Item - C-176255 - Film - Viewing
  
  35mm - Colour Positive - Combined
- To Sir, With Love
  Item - C-501042 - Film - Viewing
  
  35mm - Colour Positive - Combined
- To Sir, With Love
  Item - N-376863 - Video - Master
  
  - Digital Betacam
- To Sir, With Love
  Item - C-176254 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Colour Positive - Combined
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-1307810 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Cyan Colour Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-1307812 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Cyan Colour Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967)
  Item - C-1168812 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Cyan Separation Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-1307811 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Magenta Colour Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-1307813 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Magenta Colour Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967)
  Item - C-1168813 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Magenta Separation Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-1168809 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Yellow Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
  Item - C-1168810 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Yellow Matrix - Mute
- TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967)
  Item - C-1168811 - Film - Master
  
  35mm - Yellow Separation Matrix - Mute