It’s impossible to deny that Sidney Poitier was born to be a star.
From his first appearance onscreen in 1950, Poitier seemed poised to blaze an indelible trail in Hollywood — but the racial politics of the Jim Crow era forced him to rely just as much on his allies in the film industry as he did on his own merits.
Poitier always expressed gratitude to the people that fought for the opportunities he deserved, particularly Joseph L.
Mankiewicz, the director responsible for Poitier’s first big break in “No Way Out.” As the ’50s came to a close, Poitier was working fairly consistently.
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