VeeGee - To Sir With Love
VeeGee
Feb 06, 2024 05:26pm
<p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fCivyGD.gif"></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/SFYV/3e78ba88ee_NROB_media.gif"></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><strong><em>To Sir, with Love</em></strong> is a 1967 British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">drama film</a> that deals with social and racial issues in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">inner city</a> school. It stars <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sidney Poitier</a> and features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Roberts_(actor)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Christian Roberts</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Geeson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Judy Geeson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy_Kendall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Suzy Kendall</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Routledge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Patricia Routledge</a> and singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lulu</a> making her film debut. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clavell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">James Clavell</a> directed from his own screenplay, which was based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._R._Braithwaite" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">E. R. Braithwaite</a>'s 1959 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical_novel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">autobiographical novel</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Sir,_With_Love_(novel)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">of the same name</a>.</p><p>The film's title song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Sir_with_Love_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">To Sir with Love</a>", sung by Lulu, peaked at the top of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> chart in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">United States</a> for five weeks in the autumn of 1967 and ultimately was the best-selling single in the United States that year. The movie ranked number 27 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Entertainment Weekly</em></a>'s list of the 50 Best High School Movies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Sir,_with_Love#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[4]</sup></a></p><p>A made-for-television sequel, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Sir,_with_Love_II" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>To Sir, with Love II</em></a> (1996), was released nearly three decades later, with Poitier reprising his starring role.</p>