Talk:Sidney Poitier

Amend Last major star of the Golden Age of Hollywood?
I question if its accurate to say Poitier was a 'major star' during the Golden Age of Hollywood (which would be the 30s to the 50s). Not really. He was definitely a major star in 1958 with The Defiant Ones but primarily his major status era was the 1960s onwards. 2607:FEA8:5CA1:8F40:FC88:61B9:29F9:AF4E (talk) 20:33, 7 January 2022 (UTC)


 * By that definition, we should exclude Sophia Loren because although she was a major star in the 1950s, she won her Oscar in 1961. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:CF80:7440:5C97:5CED:781E:6260 (talk) 21:39, 7 January 2022 (UTC)



Unsure how to reply to this feed so I’m just going to have to edit and hope you don’t mind reading it like this — The American Film Institute recognise Poitier as as of the Top 25 Actors of Classical Hollywood Cinema (aka. Golden Age of Hollywood) so it would be completely wrong to discount this. The same stands for Sophia Loren. She is now the only remaining living person on the list of 50 stars — see here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Stars — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradonwiki (talk • contribs) 14:59, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Middle name
His middle initial is L. It doesn't show on his birth record but it appears on one of the residency records he's featured in. I can't find anywhere what it stands for. Anybody have an idea where we could find this? --Jkaharper (talk) 17:52, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The middle initial was added to Wikipedia in May 2021. Encyclopedia Britannica has listed an "L." middle initial since August 2020. However, none of the other authoritative sources I could find (such as Allmovie or The Encyclopedia of African American History) ever listed a middle initial. Furthermore, Carol Bergman's 1990 biography gives his birth name as simply "Sidney Poitier".


 * Residency records are generally not acceptable sources per WP:PRIMARY. So out of precaution I'd rather leave out the middle initial. Arbor to SJ (talk) 19:35, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I should also remark that his ISNI entry simply lists "Sidney" as his forename and "Poitier" as his surname. No middle initial. No other name, too. MarcelDupré1886 (talk) 22:22, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Source suitability
Sidney Poitier Black and White: Sidney Poitier's Emergence in the 1960s as a Black Icon shows up only twice on worldcat worldcat.org, and does not seem to have any scholarly reviews or mentions on Google Scholar. Given that it seems to be mostly an e-book, it is quite possible that it punches above its apparent weight, but I don’t see any evidence of that. , would you be able to link to some of this before re-adding it? Qwirkle (talk) 20:39, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Japan
Poitier was made ambassador to Japan, but there is no mention in this article of him living there. Did he never live there?--Jack Upland (talk) 02:30, 12 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Great question Jack Upland. I dug a bit and found this 1997 article that clarified that Poitier would not live in Japan but would "act as ambassador from abroad" as the Bahamas does not have an embassy in Japan. Please see https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-04-15-9704160208-story.html. Jurisdicta (talk) 19:43, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I suspected that.--Jack Upland (talk) 20:55, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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