Max Wilk, American playwright, screenwriter and author died he was , 90.

Max Wilk 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. Max Wilk was the best story writer of his time and was known as "the living legend".
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.

(July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011)

 Books

(in reverse chronological order)

• The Sound of Music: The Making of Rodger and Hammerstein's Classic Musical, Routledge (2006), ISBN 0-415-97934-X
• OK! The Story Of Oklahoma!: A Celebration of America's Most Beloved Musical, 292 pages, Applause Books; (2002) ISBN 1-55783-555-1
• Schmucks with Underwoods: Conversations with America's Classic Screenwriters,, 338 pages, Applause Books (2004), ISBN 1-55783-508-X
• The Golden Age of Television: Notes from the Survivors, 274 pages, Delacorte Press (1976) ISBN 0-440-02950-3(Paperback: Truck Press; 3rd edition, 1999, ISBN 0-916562-49-2)
• Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the Creation of Their Two Greatest Hits (Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music) Paperback: 192 pages, Watson-Guptill Publications (April 1999) ISBN 0-8230-8820-0
• American Treasure Hunt: The Legacy of Israel Sack co-author, Harold Sack, 270 pages, Little Brown & Co (November 1986), ISBN 0-316-76593-7
• Mr. Williams and Miss Wood: A two-character play, 42 pages, Dramatists Playservice (1990), ASIN: B0006EYAJW (Note: NOT an ISBN)
• A Tough ACT to Follow, co-author, Jim Connor, 346 pages, Norton (January 1986) ISBN 0-393-02219-6(paperback, PaperJacks (1988) ISBN 0-7701-0736-2)
• And Did You Once See Sydney Plain?: A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman, 83 pages, Norton (1986), ISBN 0-393-02343-5
• Get Out and Get Under,317 pages, Norton (1981), ISBN 0-393-01425-8
• The Moving Picture Boys, 287 pages, Norton (1978), ISBN 0-393-08814-6
• Every day's a matinee: Memoirs scribbled on a dressing room door, 288 pages,

Norton (1975) ISBN 0-393-07491-9

• They're Playing Our Song: The Truth Behind the Words and Music of Three Generations 295 pages, Atheneum (1973), ISBN 0-689-10554-1
• Memory lane, 1890 to 1925;: Ragtime, jazz, foxtrot and other popular music and music covers, 88 pages, Studioart (1973), ISBN 0-902063-13-8
• The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood: From the Squaw Man to the Hatchet Man, (compiler) Scribner (1971) ISBN 0-689-10370-0
• The Beard, a novel, Simon and Schuster, (1965) LCCN 65-23246
• Cloud Seven,: A comedy, 84 pages, Dramatists Play Service, (1958) ASIN: B0007E1WQK (Note: NOT an ISBN)
• Yellow Submarine novelization (1960s)
• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Broadway plays

According to the "Internet Broadway DataBase":^[3]

• 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

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