Sidney Poitier Movies-Best to Worst-With 2011 Adjusted Box Office Results/Grosses.
79Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in 1967's Best Picture Oscar® Winner...In the Heat of the Night.
This hub comes from a request by my mother-in-law, mimic. She suggested Sidney Poitier many months ago. Sorry mimic that it took so long to finally produce this hub....but here it is for your viewing pleasure.
Sidney Poitier(1927-) could be considered the Jackie Robinson of Hollywood. His career broke down numerous racial barriers. Poitier's performance in 1958's The Defiant Ones, earned him an Oscar® nomination for Best Actor. His nomination was the first time a black actor had every earned a nomination in the Best Actor category. Five years later he would become the first black actor to win the Best Actor Oscar® for 1963's Lillies of the Field. In 1967, Poitier had three monster hits and was voted as top box office star of the year....once again a first for a black actor. And finally as the 1970s rolled along, Poitier turned his focus to behind the camera. Poitier would direct nine films from 1972 to 1990.
From pbs.org "More than an actor (and Academy-Award® winner), Sidney Poitier is an artist. A writer and director, a thinker and critic, a humanitarian and diplomat, his presence as a cultural icon has long been one of protest and humanity. His career defined and documented the modern history of blacks in American film, and his depiction of proud and powerful characters was and remains revolutionary."
Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier in 1955's The Blackboard Jungle....Poitier's 3rd biggest box office hit with 183.60 million in 2011 dollars.
Sidney Poitier's Top Ten Box Office Movies in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Movie Year
| 2011 Adjusted Box Office (mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
| 368.90 million
| Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn
|
#2 To Sir With Love (1967)
| 257.90 million
| Judy Geeson
|
#3 Blackboard Jungle (1955)
| 183.60 million
| Glenn Ford
|
#4 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
| 157.40 million
| Rod Steiger
|
#5 The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
| 119.20 million
| Charlton Heston
|
#6 A Patch of Blue (1965)
| 108.10 million
| Shelly Winters
|
#7 Let's Do It Again (1975)
| 101.00 million
| Bill Cosby
|
#8 Sneakers (1992)
| 98.60 million
| Robert Redford
|
#9 The Jackal (1997)
| 95.40 million
| Bruce Willis
|
#10 Porgy and Bess (1959)
| 84.30 million
| Sammy Davis Jr.
|
Sidney Poitier and Lilia Skala in 1963's Lillies of the Field..his 4th best movie according to critics and audiences.
Sidney Poitier's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Movie Year
| Critics Audience Rating
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
| 88%
| Rod Steiger
|
#2 A Patch of Blue (1965)
| 87%
| Shelly Winters
|
#3 A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
| 86%
| Ruby Dee
|
#4 Lilies of the Field (1963)
| 85%
| Lilia Skala
|
#5 To Sir With Love (1967)
| 84%
| Judy Geeson
|
#6 The Bedford Incident (1965)
| 81%
| Richard Widmark
|
#7 Good-bye My Lady (1956)
| 79%
| Lilia Skala
|
#8 The Defiant Ones (1958)
| 79%
| Tony Curtis
|
#9 Porgy and Bess (1959)
| 77%
| Sammy Davis Jr.
|
#10 No Way Out (1950)
| 77%
| Richard Widmark
|
Sidney Poitier in 1967's To Sir With Love his 3rd best movie according to Movie Score.
Sidney Poitier's 42 Movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audinence Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
| 368.90
| 72.72
| 71%
| 10 / 02
| #2 movie of 1967
|
2nd
| In the Heat of the Night (1967)
| 157.40
| 72.27
| 88%
| 07 / 05
| #22 movie of 1967
|
3rd
| To Sir With Love (1967)
| 275.90
| 69.22
| 84%
| 00 / 00
| #8 movie of 1967
|
4th
| Blackboard Jungle (1955)
| 183.60
| 65.37
| 75%
| 04 / 00
| #12 movie of 1955
|
5th
| Lilies of the Field (1963)
| 58.00
| 63.22
| 85%
| 05 / 01
| #35 movie of 1963
|
6th
| The Defiant Ones (1958)
| 80.30
| 60.82
| 79%
| 09 / 02
| #28 movie of 1958
|
7th
| A Patch of Blue (1965)
| 108.10
| 58.56
| 87%
| 05 / 01
| #10 movie of 1965
|
8th
| Porgy and Bess (1959)
| 84.30
| 50.33
| 77%
| 04 / 01
| #29 movie of 1959
|
9th
| Sneakers (1992)
| 98.60
| 46.13
| 76%
| 00 / 00
| #30 movie of 1992
|
10th
| Let's Do It Again (1975)
| 101.00
| 45.05
| 71%
| 00 / 00
| #13 movie of 1975
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audinence Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Rank for Year
|
11th
| The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
| 119.20
| 44.34
| 50%
| 05 / 00
| #7 movie of 1965
|
12th
| Band of Angels (1957)
| 77.90
| 39.72
| 69%
| 00 / 00
| #33 movie of 1957
|
13th
| A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
| 28.60
| 37.69
| 86%
| 00 / 00
| #72 movie of 1961
|
14th
| No Way Out (1950)
| 49.30
| 37.40
| 77%
| 01 / 00
| #87 movie of 1950
|
15th
| Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
| 69.20
| 37.29
| 67%
| 00 / 00
| #25 movie of 1974
|
16th
| Shoot to Kill (1988)
| 56.40
| 36.65
| 73%
| 00 / 00
| #39 movie of 1988
|
17th
| The Jackal (1997)
| 95.40
| 35.73
| 36%
| 00 / 00
| #33 movie of 1997
|
18th
| Something of Value (1957)
| 68.40
| 33.80
| 58%
| 00 / 00
| #45 movie of 1957
|
19th
| Good-bye My Lady (1956)
| 25.40
| 32.72
| 79%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 110 of 1956
|
20th
| For Love of Ivy (1968)
| 73.90
| 32.70
| 50%
| 01 / 00
| #19 movie of 1968
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audinence Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Rank for Year
|
21st
| The Bedford Incident (1965)
| 15.90
| 31.35
| 81%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 80 of 1965
|
22nd
| The Slender Thread (1965)
| 21.50
| 31.21
| 74%
| 02 / 00
| #69 movie of 1965
|
23rd
| A Piece of the Action (1977)
| 42.10
| 30.29
| 63%
| 00 / 00
| #50 movie of 1977
|
24th
| Edge of the City (1957)
| 24.60
| 29.94
| 72%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 100 of 1957
|
25th
| Pressure Point (1962)
| 18.30
| 29.20
| 73%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 80 of 1962
|
26th
| Paris Blues (1961)
| 26.20
| 28.42
| 65%
| 01 / 00
| #27 movie of 1961
|
27th
| Go Man Go! (1954)
| 53.30
| 27.62
| 49%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 40 of 1954
|
28th
| Buck and the Preacher (1972)
| 31.80
| 27.18
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| #39 movie of 1972
|
29th
| Our Virgin Island (1959)
| 23.10
| 27.02
| 64%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 80 of 1959
|
30th
| All the Young Men (1960)
| 36.60
| 26.73
| 56%
| 00 / 00
| #40 movie of 1960
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audinence Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Rank for Year
|
31st
| They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
| 26.20
| 26.05
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| #44 movie of 1970
|
32nd
| Little Nikita (1988)
| 3.20
| 26.01
| 73%
| 00 / 00
| #168 movie of 1988
|
33rd
| The Long Ships (1964)
| 34.20
| 25.73
| 54%
| 00 / 00
| #43 movie of 1964
|
34th
| Duel at Diablo (1966)
| 23.80
| 25.22
| 59%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 60 of 1966
|
35th
| A Warm December (1973)
| 15.90
| 25.05
| 63%
| 00 / 00
| #76 movie of 1973
|
36th
| Red Ball Express (1952)
| 47.70
| 24.93
| 44%
| 00 / 00
| #78 movie of 1952
|
37th
| The Lost Man (1969)
| 23.10
| 24.22
| 56%
| 00 / 00
| #56 movie of 1969
|
38th
| The Organization (1971)
| 28.60
| 23.03
| 50%
| 00 / 00
| #44 movie of 1971
|
39th
| Brother John (1971)
| 8.70
| 22.90
| 61%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 80 of 1971
|
40th
| Cry The Beloved Country (1952)
| 12.70
| 22.84
| 58%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 100 of 1952
|
41st
| The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
| 8.70
| 20.11
| 53%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 100 of 1975
|
42nd
| The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
| 20.70
| 20.05
| 46%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 75 of 1957
|
Possibly Interesting Facts About Sidney Poitier.
1. On the American Film Institutes 25 Greatest Male Stars of All-Time poll....they ranked Sidney Poitier as the 22nd greatest star.
2. If you have ever played the Kevin Bacon game....Sidney Poitier is a great source of possible links....check out some of his co-stars. Richard Widmark(3 times), Glenn Ford, Clark Gable, Paul Newman, Charlton Heston, Rod Steiger, James Garner, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Shelly Winters, Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Robert Redford, Tony Curtis, Michael Caine and Sammy Davis Jr.
3. Sidney Poitier has been married twice in his life. His first marriage to Juanita Hardy lasted from 1950-1965....they have 4 daughters. His second marriage was in 1976 to Joanna Shimkus.... they also have 2 daughters.
4. Since retiring from acting, Poitier has been very busy. From 1998 to 2003 he was on the Disney Board of Directors. He has also been the Bahamas Ambassador to Japan and UNESCO since 1997.....he still holds that position.
5. In 2002 he was awarded a Honorary Oscar®...."For his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen and for representing the industry with dignity, style and intelligence"
6. Sidney Poitier was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974. Sidney Poitier was one of the founders of First Artist Production Company along with his friends Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand and Steve McQueen.
7. Sidney Poitier was nominated for two Oscars® for acting and six Golden Globe® nominations for acting. He won one Oscar® and one Golden Globe® and they were for the same movie....1963's Lillies of the Field.
8. When Sidney Poitier appeared as a high school student in his first box office hit .....1955's The Blackboard Jungle....he was almost 30 years old.
9. Of all the movies Sidney Poitier has appeared in....his personal favorite is 1967's In the Heat of the Night. Speaking of 1967....for the first time ever in doing these hubs....an actor's top three Movie Score movies came from one year....1967. #1 Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, #2 In the Heat of the Night, and #3 To Sir With Love were all made in 1967.
10. Sidney Poitier is the 71st actor/actress to receive a Cogerson career review hub page. My Greatest Actors/Actress Table has two separate tables....the first table ranks the 71 actors using all of their movies. Sidney Poitier comes in at #51 on that table one spot behind of #50 Gene Hackman. The second table only looks at the actor's Top Ten Movie Score Movies. On that table Sidney Poitier comes in at #50....just behind of #49 Marilyn Monroe.
Director Sidney Poitier's 9 Movies ranked by Movie Score.Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Starred
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Stir Crazy (1980)
| 310.00
| 63.97
| 69%
| Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor
|
2nd
| Let's Do It Again (1975)
| 101.00
| 45.05
| 71%
| Bill Cosby
|
3rd
| Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
| 69.20
| 37.29
| 67%
| Bill Cosby/Harry Belafonte
|
4th
| A Piece of the Action (1977)
| 42.10
| 30.29
| 63%
| Bill Cosby/James Earl Jones
|
5th
| Buck and the Preacher (1972)
| 31.80
| 27.18
| 60%
| Harry Belafonte/Ruby Dee
|
6th
| A Warm December (1973)
| 15.90
| 25.05
| 63%
| Ester Anderson
|
7th
| Hanky Panky (1982)
| 26.20
| 21.15
| 46%
| Gene Wilder/Richard Widmark
|
8th
| Ghost Dad (1990)
| 46.10
| 20.06
| 31%
| Bill Cosby
|
9th
| Fast Forward (1985)
| 6.40
| 13.17
| 34%
| John Scott Clough
|
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Great hub topic! Extremely interesting stuff! I learned so much from reading this hub, and the "Possibly Interesting Facts" portion, were Definitely interesting. Voted up/useful/awesome/interesting. Thanks for posting!
Finally your mother in law gets her hub!
I am a big fan of Mr. Poitier. I absolutely adore him. (Sorry, Steve, it will be a loooong comment). :)
I'll briefly talk about him as a director:
So far, I have only seen Stir Crazy (great comedy) and Buck and the Preacher, which I admire. Hanky Panky I want to see eventually as he worked with Richard Widmark. The others I do not know much about except that I'm quite interested in seeing him direct himself (Let's Do It Again).
Now, to his acting:
I have seen 6 of his top ten box office hits: 1,2,3,4,6,and 9.
I have seen 8 of his top ten critics movies: the two I *haven't* seen are Goodbye My lady and Porgy and Bess.
Of his top ten movie score movies:
I have seen 8 of them: numbers 1 through 8.
Of his top 20 movie score movies: I have seen 11 of them, just over half of them.
Overall, I have seen 18 of his films, which is 43%. I feel as if that percentage is higher than it is, because my favourite films I see several times a year. I think I've seen In the Heat of the Night, for example, about thirty times.
The earliest film I've seen is is his big screen debut: No Way Out. The most recently made film I've seen is The Jackal from 1997.
mckbirdbks-No way Out is an extremely difficult film to watch. It took me about ten times to get through it because the heavy racism and rioting in the film. Widmark plays a racist criminal who, along with his brother, is shot and brought in to a hospital with Poitier as the surgeon. Widmark had to to use the n word all the time and after ever take he would apologize to Poitier. Poitier told him that this is what actors do and not to worry. They were very close friends until Widmark died.
A Patch of blue involves a love affair of sorts between Potier and a blind white young woman whom he thinks doesn't realize he is black. Her mother is Shelly winters who is a racist.
The lowest film I've seen on the movie score ranked list is #34 duel at Diablo.
I haven't seen Brother John, but his fellow actors would be unhappy with that ranking. whenever African american actors who have followed in his footsteps talk about their favourite performances of Mr. Poitier, Brother John is right up at the top.
My favourite film is, hands down, In The heat of the Night. Here are my other favourites in alphabetical order:
Blackboard Jungle
The Bedford Incident
lillies in the Field
To Sir with love
They Call Me. Tibbs
The reason why I do not list Guess Who's Coming to Dinner up there is because he hasn't aged as well as it could. The performances themselves are excellent and it is wonderfully made. But the attitudes expressed are far beyond that of the parents.
Here are all of the 18 films I've seen in movie order:
Guess who's Coming to Dinner
In the Heat of the Night
To Sir With love
Blackboard Jungle
lillies of the Field
The Defiant Ones -I HATE the ending. Otherwise fabulous.
A Patch of Blue
A Raisin in the Sun-there was no reason to remake thison TV and no one can hold a candle to Poitier, certainly not a rapper
No way Out
The Jackal
The Bedford Incident
The Slender Thread-with Anne Bancroft and Telly savallas. don't let the low movie score fool you.
Edge and the City-one of Cassevetes productions
Buck and the Preacher
They Call Me Mirster Tibbs!
The long Ships-he and Widmark looked beautiful without their shirts
Duel at Diablo
Thanks Flora. now that you told me the plot of "A Patch of blue", I have some notion of stringing beads at the foot of a tree.
well, I believe my comment was longer than the Stanwyck response. I won't have quite as much to say about Danny Kaye as I haven't seen as many of his films
They call me MISTER Tibbs!
An awesome hub on a great, still living, actor Conanson.
An epic comment Flora! :) Hey I love reading the comments and yours are a great read. You've seen more of his films than I have.
I've seen 13 of Poitiers films. My favourite being In the Heat of the Night, which I have on DVD. I am upset it's not no.1 on your moviescore Bruce, but at least it's no.1 on the critics score. :)
The Defiant Ones is a classic and I enjoyed To Sir With Love I didn't like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner for some reason.
Oh and The Bedford Incident is great too, highly recommended, should have been higher on the list.
Of his more recent films I've enjoyed Sneakers and Shoot to Kill. Of the films he directed Stir Crazy is at the top, a classic comedy.
Highly rated films I've not seen include Lilies of the Field, A Patch of Blue and Porgy and Bess.
A lot of interesting facts here Cogerson, I didn't know Poitier was knighted by the Queen.
Voted Up, Useful and Interesting.
I find it amazing the number of high quality films he was in. Most actors have several stinkers on record, not always their fault, yet Sidney poitier seems especially blessed by the movie gods.
Playing a high school student at 30 is not rare. Dustin Hoffman was 36 when he played the graduate. John Trovolta and the entire cast of Grease were obviously in their late twenties.
Maybe studio exac's don't believe real teens can act.
Good Morning - enjoyed the information about Poitier - did not realize he was a director...he was not so young when he made Guess Who's Coming To Dinner either but I enjoyed that film. He has had a good career. Enjoyed him on the Ophra show a couple of years ago as he looked so good. Did not realize that he had six daughters. Thanks so much for the HUB. Waiting for Sam, my granddaughter, your daughter to wake up...apparently we lost the electricity for about three hours yesterday when I was at your house as I had to turn my power back on for the computer. You might want to correct Shirley Winters to Shelly Winters at the beginning of your HUB (twice) thought you would like to know. THANKS FOR THE HUB ON SIDNEY POITIER...GOOD JOB AS USUAL...VOTED UP AND AWESOME...
Hey mckbirdbks.....thanks for the comments.....yes this should make Thanksgiving dinner a little better.....and I got the hub done about 6 weeks before that holiday. a Patch of Blue is a very good film....Shelly Winters won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in that one....playing one of the worst mothers ever. And in No Way Out....his first role he played a doctor.....and had to deal with a horrible patient Richard Widmark.....thanks for stopping by.
Hey JeniferRW...thanks for checking out my Poitier hub and thanks for the follow. I am very glad to hear you liked the hub...especially the Possibly Interesting Facts part...I look forward to reading some of your hubs in the near future. Thanks for all the votes up.
Another great comment Flora. Let's see you have seen 18 of his movies....that doubles my total of 9. Well at least my total of 9 is much better than the 3 of the Stanwyck movies I saw in the last hub.
Looking at the Top Ten Box Office hits...I am surprised that his one musical is one you have not seen....granted he was tone-deaf and his singing was dubbed in....but it is a musical....On the Top Ten by critical score list...not shocked you have not seen Good-bye, My Lady....I was shocked that all the places I got information loved the movie....yet two books said that the Disney movie was quickly forgotten.
Of your Top 5...I have only seen Lillies of the Field...but The Blackboard Jungle and The Bedford Incident are the two movies that became must see movies....it seems each hub I write gets me motivated to track down some of the movies I have ignored in the past.
And finally....as for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner....it is indeed dated....but that is how things were back then....so I look at it as a pretty accurate "picture of 1967"...and you gotta love Tracy's final speech.....the speech that ended a great movie career. As always your comments are always looked forward to and greatly appreciated.
PS. I am sure when I watch The Long Ships I will like the movie....just probably not because Widmark and Poitier have their shirts off....lol.
Hey mckbirdbks....Flora does a great job of describing A Patch of Blue.....all the actors are wonderful in the movie....it is one of my favorite Poitier's movies....and Shelly Winters is awesome playing a horrible mother...way too believable.
Another winning hub, I am glad to see he is still so active, a great tribute to a ground breaking man. Voted up and awesome.
Hey Flora...your comments are the perfect length....and one of the comments I always looked forward to....you probably have about 3 or 4 days to watch some Danny Kaye movies.....so you better get to work....lol....He actually only has about 15 or so movies....so it should not take to long to research his movies.
Hey Steve.....let's see....the competition between #1 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and #2 In the Heat of the Night was very close....72.72 to 72.27....only box office gave Dinner the edge.....if you look at movie to movie...In the Heat of the Night edges Dinner....but these scores are Poitier's score for the movie...each person gets a different score...so Guess Who's Coming To Dinner is a great example of how Movie Score gives each person a different score....here are the 4 main scores for the movie
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Oscar win 87.27
Katharine Hepburn via her Oscar win 87.27
Spencer Tracy via Oscar nom only 81.34
Sidney Poiter via no Oscar love 72.27
So I hope that makes you feel a little better....do you like the new column of information that ranks how the movie did each year?
Bedford Incident is now high on my list...I remember you talking about it on the Widmark hub...so I feel I have to see the movie.
Once again Flora easily beats us on movie count....and once again pretty easily....18 to 13 to 9...and we thought we were movie buffs....lol....thanks for the votes up and for the comments.
Hey ruffridyer...I agree Hollywood history is loaded with all kinds of examples of much older people playing teens....other examples...Judd Nelson playing Bender the high school punk in Breakfast Club....at the age of 27....Ralph Macchio as the Karate Kid....he was pushing 30 when the first movie came out....in his mid 30s in his last Karate Kid movie....all kinds of examples...I appreciate you stopping by and thanks for the comments.
Hey BERN1960....glad Samantha slept so late for you...her sister Emily did not do us the same favor over here. I am glad you were able to find the answer to your question you asked ....6 daughters for him and no sons. He had a great career. His time as a director was also ground breaking in many many ways. Thanks for pointing out my typo on Ms. Winters...the errors have been corrected. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey KellyE1967...thanks for kudos and I agree 100% Poitier was a great ground breaking man.....one of the things I did not mention...on the night Denzel Washington won his Best Actor Oscar.....it was the same night Sidney Poitier got his Honorary Oscar. Thanks for the comments.
Flora has seen a lot of movies, I am impressed. My Sandra is about her age and she hasn't seen a fraction of what Flora has. Btw Sandra refuses to watch films that are older than she is. :)
That new column is a great idea Cogerson, at a glance I can see that Poitier has never been in the no.1 movie of the year. The closest was Guess Who's Coming to Lunch at no.2 for 1967, I'm betting The Graduate was no.1.
Hey Steve...I know what you mean...my oldest daughter is 17....and has no clue who half of the classic actors are....even with me being such a movie nut....the movies are on the DVD rack...and the only person that knocks the dust off them is me....so sad...that younger generation....lol.
Cool I am glad you like the new column....I think it really tells how popular a movie was way back when....thanks for answering my question.
great hub! sorry i did not get on the internet earlier to thank you for getting this one. you have to remember i am on slow time and it is saturday and i dont have kids that get up at the crack o' dark.
you may remember that in the heat of the night was made into a successful TV show. i like it.
I can tell you that Sidney Poitier has been giving me impressionation for many years, I enjoyed reading this tribute to such a class man.
Cogerson - great hub idea from your MIL! I do love Sidney Poitier! My middle girls name is Sydney as well - and we did talk about Mr. Poitier when we decided to name her that:). The first of his movies I remember seeing is Guess Who is Coming to Dinner. I was pretty young and pretty impressed by that one. He is just an awesome actor and has so many great movies. To Sir with Love - another great. I didn't see Porgy and Bess....and I really do not recollect seeing Heat of the Night so it is going on my list of movies to see as well.
Not only did Sir Sidney Portier Shine in the Civil Rights Era,he did with self respect earning respect from his peers and fans.;)
An Awesome,Professional And Informative Hub As Always Cogerson.;)
Well, I'm not sure you will like The long Ships. It's not a great film. There was a reason why I mentioned no shirts. It was the only reason to watch it.
Hey mimic....we figure you for not being the first person to post.....if you would like...we can loan you some kids....the next hub will be on Danny Kaye....I am glad you like your Sidney Poitier hub....and once again sorry it took so long to get the hub written.
Hey N. Johnson....I am glad my hub is worthy of the great man, Sidney Poitier...and I am glad he has influenced you such much in your life. Thanks for checking out the hub.
Nice tribute. I have seen all of his newer movies, and I remember his movies with Bill Cosby in the 1970s, I was not aware of all the other great films from the 1950s and 1960s. Thanks for all this great information.
Hey RealHouseWife....Syndey is a cool name...especially for a girl....I would highly recommend In the Heat of the Night....it won many Oscars one for Rod Steiger as Best Actor as well as Best Picture....although without a doubt Poitier is the best part of the movie....having to deal with all the prejudice in the deep south....he always remains cool in the movie....and wins out in the end. Appreciate you stopping by and checking out my Poitier hub.
Thanks for the comment...Mentalist Acer....and I agree 100% with your comment....a man that earned his respect versus somebody that demand that respect. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Flora....a Richard Widmark movie that is not very good....certainly you pull my leg....lol. I would think watching Poitier in a Viking movie would be an interesting experience....so do you like the new column that ranks the movie by the year they were released?....I am trying to figure if I should keep it....or put co-stars for all the movies.
Hey hinton1966....well I can tell you that his movies from the 1950s and 1960s have a much better ratings than his movies from the 1970s and his supporting parts in his most recent movies. I would highly recommend...In The Heat of the Night, The Defiant Ones and Lillies of the Fields as being some great movies to check out...thanks for checking out the hub.
I love the new column. I am more interested in costars of a person's best films, and you still have the costars listed in the top ten. I think you should keep it.
Poitier and Widmark did all they could with the silly script. Seeking out a large bell that may or may not exist. really. By the way, there is a monstrous execution device that is the stuff of nightmares.
Thanks for the input....then I think I will keep the co-stars in Top Ten Box Office and Top Ten Critics and Audience ....but continue to add in the movies rank for the year. I think it gives a little more meaning to how the movie did at the box office....even a movie like The Long Ships finished in 43rd place for the year....which there were about 200 movies that year....so it did well under those standards.
Such a talented actor. I don't think I've ever seen him give a bad performance. He had a great mix of class and intensity. He was only the second black movie star to ever win an oscar.
I have the same opinion as Sidney because my favorite film of his is "In the Heat of the Night". He and Steiger were excellent together. Great film.
I even enjoyed the comedies he made with Bill cosby. He wasn't a natural comic but they worked well together.
Great star. Great hub.
Rob
Hey Rob....thanks for stopping by. I agree with you...he had a great mix of class and intensity. I can not image them making a movie like In The Heat Of The Night now....in the new version.....the hero would probably kick half the town's rear ends trying to get respect....versus Sidney's quite rage which never really surfaced during the movie....and thus made the town look ignorant and racist. I vaguely remember his Bill Cosby movies....I think I have seen parts of all three of those movies....but I do not consider that I have watched any of them. As always...I appreciate your comments.
Reading your comments on Sidney Poitier are very good. I really liked The Jackal with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. I have seen this movie quite a few times and still enjoy watching it. Waiting for Danny Kaye - You know Lana Turner would be a good HUB. DO NOT THINK YOU HAVE DONE HER YET...EVEN THOUGH YOUR TEENAGERS PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW HER EITHER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Regarding your request:
Here are seven other facts about Gregory Peck, focusing only on positive things, not the deep tragedies in his life.
1,4, and 10 you have. You should add to #4 that Greta was his costar's hairdresser, not her secretary. He was quite proud of this.
You can order these in any way you want, but I'm numbering these in the order that I think of them:
2. Peck was the first Hollywood actor to have a non-exclusive contract with a studio. Because he was 4-F from the war and several actors were off fighting, Peck was in a position to drive hard bargains. He made movies with every major and minor studio during the studio system.
3. His daughter, Cecilia, played his daughter in the TV movie The Portrait. In the film Cecilia plays an artist determined to paint her parents' portrait before they die. Lauren Bacall played Peck's wife. The had previously filmed the comedy Designing Woman.
5. Bogart died during the time Bacall and Peck were filming Designing Woman. It was Gregory Peck who escorted Bacall to her husband's funeral.
6. Although Gregory Peck's father name was also Gregory Peck, his mother chose to name him Eldred Gregory Peck by picking Eldred out of a phone book. He only used the name at school. Everyone called him Greg.
7. Gregory Peck served many terms on Boards of several Hollywood associations. These include: He was the first president of the American Film Insistute. He was president of the Academy of Motion Pictures from 1967-1970, during which Martin Luther King was assassinated and Peck postponed the Oscars.
8. In university he broke discs in his back while stretching in dance class...though the press called it a rowing accident to sound manly. That kept him out of WWII.
9. Peck took in Ava Gardner's cat and housekeeper (perhaps that should be the other way around?) when Ms. Gardner died.
Runner Up-you can choose this instead of one of the others.
Peck broke his ankle during the filming of Yellow Sky when his horse bolted and fell on him. The brake was not left long enough to mend before filming started and he limped forever afterwards. Watching the film-filmed not in sequence-you can see scenes where Peck limps and doesn't limp with no logic to the story.
Thanks BERN1960....I thought the Jackal was pretty good myself....and they filmed it right down the street in Richmond Virginia. Danny Kaye is coming very soon...and Lana Turner is now on the list of people to do...thanks for checking in.
Thank you very much Flora...I used all of the information...now all I have to do is find the rankings for each year of each movie according to Variety...and then Mr. Peck will be looking like brand new. Thanks again.
I see that this hub was featured in the newsletter as one of the recommended hubs (to see them all you have to go to the website, not your email)
Hey Flora, thanks for that information....I will have to check that out...it is always a good thing when HubPages picks out one of your works.
So I am only confident in knowing one of these movies, The Jackal, and I dont even know who he played. All I remeber is Bruce Willis. So what movie should I see first? Help me Cogerson.
Hey BryRog57....Poitier played the good guy that got Gere out of prison...and together Gere and Poitier stopped Bruce from killing the President's wife. As for which of his movies to check out first...I would have to go with In The Heat Of The Night...granted it was made the year your father was born...but it is an excellent movie as a Best Picture Oscar winner. Thanks for stopping by.
I think it's funny your son is addressing you by your last name. This movie happens to be the actor's favourite film too and is historically important for the slap Poitier gives the white man.
Hey actually my last name is not Cogerson....when my wife and I married we each brought 2 kids to the marriage....my older boys now aged 23 and 19.....her daughter and son...now aged 17 and 16....and then we had two daughters...now aged 5 and 2. So anyway.....my wife's maiden name is Coats.....my last name is Rogers and my stepkids last name is Anderson......put all three names together...and out comes Cogerson....it is a nickname for our family that has stuck....both of our families now refer to us as "The Cogersons"....I know way too much information.
oh, that makes sense then. It seemed so odd. Like me calling Dad Robison. Actually, there were a lot of men in my family named Charles-way back several generations. So when both Dad and my brother were around, Grandma called Grandpa Robbie.
Hey Flora...very cool...I like hearing about how people get nicknames....my family has a ton of Charles as well....as well as my wife's family....Charles was a very popular name that has fallen in the name rankings over the years.
......well as I usually start off every comment to you - I send everyone here who is a movie buff - this is the place to be - you have some great fans like me - lol, Flora, Steve and Rob .......I would say that Mr.Poiter led the way and opened up the door for other black actors to follow as leading men - He always had pride and dignity in his characters and man oh man what a voice and commanding screen presence - well just like you, although I've heard your voice but you certainly have a commanding presence here at the Hub.
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Be prepared for a lot of traffic to this page as Facebook has featured this on their facebook page.
as flora said, i just noticed facebook featured your article. congrats man.
Hey epigramman...thanks for the great comment and compliments they are greatly appreciated. I agree 100% with your comments about Poitier. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Flora and Nickalooch thanks for the update....I was wondering why Sidney had two red arrows going up....before that Sidney was one of my slowest hubs ever....he was battling Dennis Quaid for worst hub ever for me....but now he has passed and moving up the charts now...thanks HubPages.
Glad to see a review of Sidney Poitier's life in films Cogerson.
Looking at his credits, I don't think I've seen anything near enough of them, but I like him as an actor, and I'm particularly pleased to see 'In the Heat of the Night' feature so prominantly. For many many years that was my all-time favourite movie, and only lost that ranking because I'd seen it just too many times. Of course much of the success of that film comes from Rod Steiger's brilliant portrayal of the complex white police chief, but the story line, and Poitier's almost equally complex portrayal of Virgil Tibbs is also key. The relationship between the two of them - first contemptuous, then respectful, then almost engaging friendship, is really cleverly depicted. Glad to hear it's Poitier's own favourite.
Nice page Cogerson and very useful for any film buff, as is the norm.
Hey Greensleeves Hubs...I agree with you about In The Heat of the Night....Rod Steiger got the Oscar glory but it is Poitier's performance that is the backbone of the movie. It is surprising that Poitier did not get a nomination as well. I am glad you were able to check out my Poitier hub....and I greatly appreciate the nice words as well.
I voted up this hub. I really like how you provide so much information about each actor and actress in the concise charts and interesting facts. I've watched a couple of Poitier's films, and I thought he was really good.
Hey Millionaire Tips...thanks for the vote up. I am glad you like the format. After trying numerous formats this is the one that I like the best. I have been going back to my older hubs an giving them facelifts so they all look like this one. As for Poitier, he was and is a trend sitter.
mckbirdbks Level 8 Commenter 7 months ago
That is an impressive list of Movie Titles that Mr. Poitier starred in. Again you have done a wonderful job covering his career. And you have made peace with your mother-in-law in time for Thanksgiving Dinner at her house. It's the least she can do. I have no recollection regarding "A Patch of Blue" or "No Way Out" , but have seen the other eight on your first list.