Max Wilk (July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011)[1][2] was an American playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books. In all, Wilk was the author of 19 books, four films, three produced plays as well as many TV shows and magazine articles.[3]

Biography

During World War II Wilk served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces.

Formerly a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut, he moved to Westport, Connecticut, where he lived until his death February 19, 2011, at age 90.

Works

In 1968, Wilk wrote the novelization of The Beatles' cartoon Yellow Submarine. His fiction includes Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River; the movie version starred Jerry Lewis and shifted the locale from "Green Haven" (based on Ridgefield) to London, England.[4] On the original bookjacket is the warning:

While the locale of this book is Connecticut, it has nothing of importance to say about Suburbia, Exurbia, the Exploding Metropolis, or the stifling wave of Middle class Conformity which, it is argued, will soon engulf the whole of Fairfield County.[4]

In the '90s, he published a coffee table book tracing the origins of the musical Oklahoma!. Later he wrote Schmucks with Underwoods--Conversations with Hollywood's Classic Screenwriters.[4]

For decades Wilk was a dramaturg for playwrights at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwright's Conference under the leadership of Lloyd Richards.

Books

Plays

According to the "Internet Broadway DataBase":[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Obituary, WestportNOW.com, Feb. 21, 2011
  2. ^ Obituary, Variety, Feb. 27, 2011
  3. ^ "Author, TV writer Max Wilk dies at 90 - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety". www.variety.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01.
  4. ^ a b c [1] Archived 2006-03-04 at the Wayback Machine"When Connecticut was Cool," by Christopher Arnott, article in the New Haven Advocate, July 29, 2004.
  5. ^ Sack, Harold; Wilk, Max (1994) [1986]. American Treasure Hunt (Paperback). Random House Publishing Group, Little, Brown Alliance Publishing, Incorporated. ISBN 9780345348319.
  6. ^ [2] "Max Wilk" Web page at "Internet Broadway DataBase" accessed August 13, 2006
  7. ^ "Welcome to the US Petabox". Archived from [Source: Initial performance details from notes in the published script's front matter, page 3. the original] on 2013-08-07. ((cite web)): Check |url= value (help)

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