To Sir, With Love (Columbia Pictures) (1967)

(Mat 2B; Still No. 16) As a teacher in a tough East End of London school, Sidney Poitier finds student Christian Roberts determined to "show him," in this scene from "To Sir, With Love,"’ Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor. James Clavell wrote the screenplay, based on a book by E. R. Braithwaite, produced and directed. PTTL LUG PME LOL PLUG PLP PUU PULL UUO DUOMO LIMPOPO LUTEAL UOMO LIEU MUU COLUMN ITEMS TDUAVOAVUVAVAU OO EN OO TEA TUDE AU TAO OA DOOYOO ODOT AEE TTA James Clavell, who produced and directed “To Sir, With Love” in Tehnicolor, also wrote the screenplay for the Columbia Pictures release based on the book by E. R. Braithwaite. Starring Sidney Poitier, at the Theatre, as a teacher in a tough East End of London school, “To Sir, With Love” is Clavell’s fourth multiple-talent screen assignment, and his most important. He is the author of such best-sellers as “Tai Pan” and “King Rat” and, before tackling film production and direction, he wrote screenplays for such films as “Squadron 633” and “The Great Escape.” * * * When “To Sir, With Love” first was published, in 1959, Sidney Poitier decided “it was something I really wanted to do.’”’ Now, at the Theatre, he’s doing it. Poitier stars in the Columbia Picures release, a James Clavell production in Technicolor, as a teacher in a tough London school. co * Co Sidney Poitier, who stars at the Theatre in “To Sir, With Love,” a James Clavell production for Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor, “became an actor,” he says, “in order to find expression. I did not become an actor by plan. It was the result, really, of having tried many things and failed. Had acting failed me, I would have gone on to seek expression in other fields.” * oh oh Suzy Kendall, who plays a young teacher in “To Sir, With Love,” which stars Sidney Poitier as another teacher in a London slum school, is a former photographer’s model who admits she is terrified of the stage. “But movie cameras don’t scare me,” she says. “A camera is impersonal, comforting. It can’t say ‘I like you’ or ‘I hate you’ like a theatre audience.” Movie audiences, on the other hand, are very definitely saying “We like you” to Miss Kendall, as a result of her performance in the Columbia Pictures release, a James Clavell production in Technicolor. 3 * oe A diet of curry, steak and milk is what gives dynamic “Lulu,” British recording and television favorite, her energy, claims the young pop singer currently appearing at the Theatre in support of Sidney Poitier in “To Sir, With Love.” In the course of the Columbia Pictures release, Poitier as a teacher in a London slum school, gives a demonstration lecture on salads and their preparation and there is a later scene in which “Lulu” is praised by another teacher for the salad she has prepared. She feels she delivered her responding line with true emotional depth. It was: “T can’t stand the stuff.” * * * Daughter of former Hollywood star Clive Brook, Faith Brook currently appears at the ........ Theatre in support of Sidney Poitier in “To Sir, With Love,” new Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor. She plays, as does he, a teacher in a London slum school. Miss Brook made her acting debut in Santa Barbara and, that same year, appeared on Broadway prior to her London stage bow a year later. She made her reputation as an actress in plays by Shakespeare Shaw and Chekhov. Fe TTT TLL TLL ILUTINUMLUUITTMMNTTTUTCTT TTT , ((Mat 2D; Still No. 27) Sidney Poitier tackles a teen-age dance step with the encouragement of Judy Geeson in this scene from "To Sir, With Love," Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor. Poitier plays a teacher in a London slum school, and Miss Geeson appears as one of his students. James Clavell wrote the screenplay, produced and directed the film. Page 14 Sidney Poitier DUANTAVENUUTA NTO TATOVEOTOOUATETO TOTO TET ETE TATE) Some time ago, in “The Blackboard Jungle,” Sidney Poitier played a high school student whose New York slum environment had made him rebellious, tough and unruly; now, at the s Meuse eer Theatre, Poitier plays a high school teacher in a tough London environment whose students are rebellious, tough and unruly. The film is James Clavell’s production of “To Sir, With Love,” a Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor. Between these roles as student and as teacher, Poitier has moved to the very front rank of the world’s film stars. He won his first acting award at the Venice Film Festival with his performance in “Something of Value.” “The Defiant Ones” earned him the coveted best actor award at the Berlin Film Festival. His performance on Broadway as the star of “A Raisin in the Sun,” gained him the Broadway Critics’ Circle Drama Award, and he _ subsequently starred in a memorable filmization of the play. “Lilies of the Field’ won Poitier the Academy Award as best actor. “To Sir, With Love” reportedly is a warm, human and ingratiating screen version of a book by E. R. Braithwaite, a young Guyana physicist who, after service in World War II as an R.A.F. fighter pilot, took a job as a teacher. “To Sir, With Love” is the story of his initial contacts with “problem” youngsters nearing adulthood. Featured in the new film are Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall, the “Mindbenders,” British recording team, and “Lulu,” a young British television pop singer, James Clavell wrote the screenplay, produced and directed the film. Christian Roberts DUDA OAYAN AVA NUADUOOATAO TATA OTOTAODATOTAOUAVEOUOTETEOTETUETETHT! Two weeks after he had graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, tall, dark and handsome young Christian Roberts was working before the cameras in one of the year’s most important pictures. The film is James Clavell’s “To Sir, With Love,” and it stars Sidney Poitier atthe |... Theatre as a novice-teacher in a tough East End of London school. Roberts, who is 22, plays the student who learns, during a boxing lesson, that he doesn’t know it all. Captain of the boxing and football (soccer) teams of his school, Roberts decided he wanted to be an actor as a result of his participation in school plays but, after his graduation, he went into his father’s milk business as a truck driver. “I broke so many bottles,” he says, “I nearly ruined the business. So I had to quit.” He enrolled in the Royal Academy. “To Sir, With Love,” Roberts’ first professional appearance, also features Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and The “Mindbenders,” a British recording team, and it marks the screen debut of *Lulu,” one of England’s most popular TV and recording stars. Experience Helps TU UUVATUYO UO OATATAVOTE TO TCUE EVERETTE TEE TET Past performances contribute to present triumphs, Sidney Poitier has found. The brilliant star of “To Sir, With Love,” Columbia Pictures release at the..... Theatre in Technicolor, plays a young teacher in a tough East End of London school. Helping Poitier break through student apathy and_ rebellion are facets of his psychiatrist role in “Pressure Point,” his performance as a student in “The Blackboard Jungle,” his understanding of the anti-social, garnered in “The Defiant Ones,” his sympathy for people, as evidenced in “A Patch of Blue” and “Lilies of the Field,” which won him an Academy Award as best actor of the year. And yet, Poitier makes his teacher an entirely new, exciting and memorable characterization! (Mat 2C; Still No. 13) Sidney Poitier, as a new teacher in a tough East End of London school, faces the challenge of a rebellious class led by Christian Roberts, left, in this scene from "To Sir, With Love,"' new Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor. James Clavell wrote the screenplay, produced and directed the film. FO ee TT TT TTT Judy Geeson Self assured, talented and “with it,” blonde, Judy Geeson knew she wanted to be an actress long before her tenth birthday. She still is a long ways away from her 20th, but she’s made it —on television and in films. Miss Geeson currently appears at the Theatre in James Clavell’s production of “To Sir, With Love,” playing a rebellious young high school student who developes a “crush” on her teacher. Sidney Poitier, starred in the Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor, is the teacher. “To Sir, With Love” is based on the book by E. R. Braithwaite, a young Guyanian who, after World War II service as an R.A.F. fighter pilot, obtained a job as a teacher in a tough East End of London school where, by his own example, he taught “problem” youngsters their responsibilities to themselves, their families and the world they soon were to enter. James Clavell wrote the screenplay, produced and directed the new film, with John R. Sloan serving as executive producer. Also featured in support of Poitier are Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall and the “Mindbenders.” A British pop singer on television, “Lulu,” makes her motion picture debut in a straight acting role, as another gusty young student. Suzy Kendall Suzy Kendall is a honey blonde young English woman appearing in featured support of Sidney FORE AE Te cs Jt Theatre, in “To Sir, With Love.” Both she and Poitier play novice teachers in a rough East End of London school, trying to crash through the rebelliousness of their students. Producer James Clavell, who wrote the screenplay for “To Sir, With Love” and also directed the Columbia Pictures release in Technicolor, chose Miss Kendall for the role after a long search, during which dozens of candidates were interviewed. He wanted, and got, some one who was “not just pretty,” who had “qualities of simplicity and innocence, a wide-eyed sweetness about life.” Miss Kendall first worked as a photographer’s model. When a British film producer saw one of her pictures in a magazine, and offered her a minor role, she promptly accepted it and, as promptly, other minor roles followed. “To Sir, With Love” is expected to make Miss Kendall a star, doing for her what Poitier’s “A Patch of Blue,” did for Elizabeth Hartman. “To Sir, With Love” is based on a book by E. R. Braithwaite. John R. Sloan served as executive producer and the film also features Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts and The “Mindbenders,” a British recording group. British television pop singer, “Lulu,” makes her screen bow in the film. oeoe eee ere eeee Advance Notice HELTER TTT Sidney Poitier stars in James Clavell’s production of “To Sir, With Love,” new Columbia Pictures release opening ...... at PROSE ooo ks Theatre in Technicolor. The film, based on the novel by E, R. Braithwaite, features Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall and The “Mindbenders,” and introduces “Lulu.” John R. Sloan served as executive producer for “To Sir, With Love,” which was written for the screen, produced and directed by James Clavell. Four hit tunes are heard in “To Sir With Love.” The Author Author of “To Sir, With Love,” filmed by James Clavell and starring Sidney Poitier at the 5.35032 Theatre in Technicolor, E. R. Braithwaite is, or has been, a physicist, an R.A.F. fighter pilot in World War II, a teacher, a lecturer. Currently, he is the Ambassador from Guyana to the United Nations. Mr. Braithwaite wrote the story of his experiences as a teacher in a slum school in the heart of London’s East End, calling it “To Sir, With Love,” and discovered—when his book hit the best-seller lists in both England and America, that he also was an author. He has since written a number of novels. Born in what now is the nation of Guyana, Braithwaite graduated from City College of New York and received a M.S. in Physics from Caius College, Cambridge England. At the outbreak of World War II, he enrolled in the R.A.F. and became a fighter pilot, flying during the Battle of Britain and throughout the rest of the war. On his separation from service at the end of the war, Braithwaite came up against the problem of segregation in England: no one would hire a Negro physicist, even though there was a need for men of his qualifications. Discouraged, his savings gone, he found a job teaching in a slum school in the heart of London’s East End. His experiences in winning over a group of hostile children is told in his prizewinning book “To Sir, With Love.” Because of his success in teaching, Braithwaite was appointed special children’s counselor with the London Welfare Department. He later went to Paris where he was associated with the World Veterans Federation. James Clavell wrote the screenplay for “To Sir, With Love,” produced and directed the Columbia Pictures release. Featured in support of Sidney Poitier as the teacher are Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall and The “Mindbenders,” a British recording team. “Lulu,” popular British singer and television personality, makes her screen bow in the film. ?