Editing To Sir, with Love (section)

==Production==
Initially, Columbia was reluctant to hire Sidney Poitier or James Clavell, despite the interest which both expressed toward doing the film. (Clavell, aptly enough, had published ''[[The Children's Story]]'' just a few years prior.) Poitier and Clavell agreed to make the movie for small fees, provided Poitier got 10% of the gross and Clavell got 30% of the profits. "When we were ready to shoot, Columbia wanted either a rape or a big fight put in," said [[Martin Baum (agent)|Martin Baum]], Poitier's agent. "We held out, saying this was a gentle story, and we won."<ref name="los" />

The film was shot in [[Wapping]] (including the [[Wapping railway station|railway station]]) and [[Shadwell]] in the [[East End of London]], in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] and at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref name=Locate/> The headmaster of the school where author Braithwaite taught, St George-in-the-East Central School (now the Mulberry House apartments)<ref>{{Cite web |title=St George-in-the-East Church {{!}} Board Schools {{!}} Cable Street |url=http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/media/schools.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209191925/http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/media/schools.html |archive-date=2023-12-09 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=stgitehistory.org.uk |quote=After the Second World War it became a secondary modern school, St George-in-the-East Central School... and has now been converted into 34 luxury apartments as 'Mulberry House'.}}</ref> adjacent to the north side of [[St George in the East]] church in Wapping, would not let the production film at that school.<ref name="Locate">{{Cite web |title=To Sir, With Love {{!}} 1967 |url=https://movie-locations.com/movies/t/To-Sir-With-Love.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004204026/https://movie-locations.com/movies/t/To-Sir-With-Love.php |archive-date=2023-10-04 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=movie-locations.com}}</ref> The spire of the church is visible in the film, when Sir walks up Reardon Street, ''en route'' to the funeral for the mother of his student.<ref name=Locate/>