For Black History Month, the cinema is hosting a six-film retrospective shining a spotlight on groundbreaking performances ...

OSCAR-WINNER Sidney Poitier disclosed in London ... Poitier got into acting through an ad appealing for actors for the American Negro Theater. His first audition was a failure.

Sidney Poitier was to Hollywood what Jackie Robinson ... where he auditioned for the American Negro Theater. When his heavy Bahamian accent prompted laughter from producers, Poitier spent the ...

Actor Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills ... he was looking in the Amsterdam News for a dishwasher job when he noticed an ad seeking actors at the American Negro Theater. He went ...

Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial ... The young actor got his first break when he met the casting director of the American Negro Theater. He was an understudy in "Days of Our Youth" and ...

Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, KBE, has died at the age ... as a dishwasher and eventually became a janitor for the American Negro Theater in exchange for acting lessons.