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Up the Down Staircase is a novel written by Bel Kaufman, published on January 27, 1965, which spent 64 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. In 1967 it was released as a film starring Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton and Eileen Heckart .
- Bel Kaufman
- 1964
Up the Down Staircase: Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White. The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.
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- Drama
- Robert Mulligan
- 1967-06-28
Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Oscar winners Sandy Dennis and Eileen Heckart, along with Patrick Bedford and Jean Stapleton. The plot concerns the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher.
Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents--anyone concerned about public education.
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- Paperback
- Bel Kaufman
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On her first day at Calvin Coolidge High, fledgling teacher Sylvia Barrett (Sandy Dennis) encounters an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in...
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- Drama
A young female English teacher faces the challenges of a chaotic and bureaucratic inner-city high school in New York. The film follows her experiences with students, administration, and colleagues in her first semester.
