To Sir, With Love

Sidney Poitier (starring)
James Clavell (director, screenwriter)
E.R. Braithwaite (novel)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1967. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1967 film, showing actor Sidney Poitier. Stamp of photographer Peter Basch on the verso.

Based on the 1959 autobiographical novel by E.R. Braithwaite. An unemployed, middle class Guyanese immigrant takes a teaching job in the tough East End of London, where he must contend with the rambunctious students.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

7.75 x 11 inches. Very Good plus.


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