MGM 1964 "MR. NOVAK" JAMES FRANCISCUS TV SHOW ORIGINAL SCRIPT A for Anxiety

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1964 MR. NOVAK
TV SHOW
Episode "A is for Anxiety"
60 pages. White, Blue and Gray.
Plus many revision pages
Series cast summary:
James Franciscus
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John Novak
(60 episodes, 1963-1965)
Dean Jagger
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Principal Albert Vane
/ ... (46 episodes, 1963-1965)
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Storyline
The experiences of a young, tough-minded, idealistic high school English teacher on his first job provided the stories in this series. John Novak begins at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles under Principal Albert Vane, who doesn't always agree with Novak's approach, but admires his dedication to teaching. Eventually, Vane is elected to state superintendent and Martin Woodridge becomes the new principal. Stories centered on the life of Novak, student-teacher relationships, and the struggles of other young teachers.
It's hard to overstate how impressive this series was for those of us seeing it for the first time. As the first reviewer here noted, its positive theme was very impressive for the day, coming on the heels of dramas that were either saccharine or "tough" or of certain tried and true genres, such as the western, the medical or doctor story, and others of the day.
Franciscus was impressive for his acting skills, obvious from the first episode, and the entire cast was well-chosen, especially Dean Jagger, who had a chance in this series to get his career off to a new start, and did a good job of convincing us of his position and authority. A long gone actor of great skill; compare his performance as the town drunk in "Bad Day at Black Rock."
This is directly from one of the actors on the show
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Hank Jones.
He was in many 1960
’
s Disney Movies. Blackbeard
’
s Ghost. Herbie Returns.
As well as tons of TV like Mod Squad, Patty Duke, Petticoat Junction
and My Three Sons.
Fascinating guy. Real Gentleman.
Nice MGM Yellow Front and Back Cover