Max Wilk

Max Wilk (July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011) 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.

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. 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. A Tough ACT to Follow, co-author, Jim Connor, 346 pages, Norton (January 1986) (paperback, PaperJacks (1988) ) And Did You Once See Sydney Plain?: A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman, 83 pages, Norton (1986), Get Out and Get Under, 317 pages, Norton (1981), Represented by Audrey Wood: A Memoir, (co-writer with Audrey Wood) Doubleday: Garden City, NY (1981), The Moving Picture Boys, 287 pages, Norton (1978), Every Day's a Matinee: Memoirs Scribbled on a Dressing Room Door, 288 pages, Norton (1975) They're Playing Our Song: The Truth Behind the Words and Music of Three Generations 295 pages, Atheneum (1973), Memory lane, 1890 to 1925: Ragtime, Jazz, Foxtrot and Other Popular Music and Music Covers, 88 pages, Studioart (1973), The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood: From the Squaw Man to the Hatchet Man, (compiler) Scribner (1971) The Beard, a novel, Simon and Schuster, (1965) LCCN 65-23246 Yellow Submarine novelization (1968) Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River "My Masterpiece", a novel, ww Norton Co., 1970, Lib Cong 77-116121

Plays According to the "Internet Broadway DataBase": Mr. Williams and Miss Wood: A two-character play, 42 pages, Dramatists Playservice (1990), (Note: NOT an ISBN). This tribute to Audrey Wood and Tennessee Williams received staged readings at the National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and New Dramatists in 1989 A Musical Jubilee (Musical, Revue) ran November 13, 1975 – February 1, 1976 Cloud 7 (Comedy) ran February 14, 1958 – February 22, 1958 Small Wonder (Musical, Revue) book by Wilk, ran September 15, 1948 – January 8, 1949