Max Wilk

Max Wilk (July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011)[1][2] was an American playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction book. Formerly a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut, he moved to Westport, Connecticut, where lived until his death February 19, 2011, at age 90. In all, Wilk was the author of 19 books, four films, three produced plays as well as many TV shows and magazine articles.[3]

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Biography

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

In the 1960s, he 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 augured, 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 Mr. 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":[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Obituary, WestportNOW.com, Feb. 21, 2011. [1]
  2. ^ Obituary, Variety, Feb. 27, 2011.[2]
  3. ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032949?refCatId=13
  4. ^ a b c [3]"When Connecticut was Cool," by Christopher Arnott, article in the New Haven Advocate, July 29, 2004
  5. ^ [4] "Max Wilk" Web page at "Internet Broadway DataBase" accessed August 13, 2006
  6. ^ Source: Initial performance details from notes in the published script's front matter, page 3.

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