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Sidney

Stop this foolishness!- I… We're talking about the '40s, when if you're gonna workin the...

Sidney • 2022
Stop this foolishness!
- I… We're talking about the '40s, when if you're gonna work
in the movies, you better be funny

Full Transcript

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- Stop this foolishness! - I…
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We're talking about the '40s,
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when if you're gonna work in the movies, you better be funny.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:53
Uploaded
Mar 26, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Harpo Productions,Network Entertainment,Hudlin Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.
Oh, Mr. Bill, does I has to? Can I stay up here with you? - Sidney 00:05
Oh, Mr. Bill, does I has to? Can I stay up here with you?
No. You understand that it might set a bad example for the other servants. - Sidney 00:06
No. You understand that it might set a bad example for the o...
Man tan More land, Step in Fetch it and Hattie McDaniel. - Sidney 00:06
Man tan More land, Step in Fetch it and Hattie McDaniel.
I knew when I came on the scene how painful it had to have been - Sidney 00:11
I knew when I came on the scene how painful it had to have b...
Oh, Mr. Frank, I ain't lazy. I is just relackatin'. - Sidney 00:06
Oh, Mr. Frank, I ain't lazy. I is just relackatin'...
Hollywood was a really insensitive place - Sidney 00:08
Hollywood was a really insensitive place
Hattie McDaniel was nominated in 1939, - Sidney 00:06
Hattie McDaniel was nominated in 1939,
I knew that she was not allowed in the hotels and all of that. - Sidney 00:05
I knew that she was not allowed in the hotels and all of tha...
And I knew that, of course, playing a maid, - Sidney 00:13
And I knew that, of course, playing a maid,
May I say thank you - Sidney 00:08
May I say thank you
You're watching a man in a world - Sidney 00:07
You're watching a man in a world
He... Yeah. I mean, - Sidney 00:06
He... Yeah. I mean,
And my poor, uneducated family in the Caribbean looked on America - Sidney 00:09
And my poor, uneducated family in the Caribbean looked on Am...
And once you've gathered some of it, you certainly should send some home. - Sidney 00:06
And once you've gathered some of it, you certainly shou...
And because I couldn't send gold back home, - Sidney 00:08
And because I couldn't send gold back home,
I didn't write because I couldn't put anything in the envelope. - Sidney 00:06
I didn't write because I couldn't put anything in ...
He has this really deep love and respect for his parents, - Sidney 00:10
He has this really deep love and respect for his parents,
I saw my mother and father for the first time in eight years. - Sidney 00:06
I saw my mother and father for the first time in eight years...
The family was able to gather in a theater in Nassau - Sidney 00:08
The family was able to gather in a theater in Nassau
For my parents, - Sidney 00:06
For my parents,