19:(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.
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Max Wilk Papers. Yale
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Memory lane, 1890 to 1925: Ragtime, Jazz, Foxtrot and Other
Popular Music and Music Covers
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Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the
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While the locale of this book is
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They're
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Max Wilk, Playwright, Showbiz
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Conformity which, it is argued, will soon engulf the whole of
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Schmucks with
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OK! The Story Of Oklahoma!: A Celebration of America's Most Beloved Musical
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The Sound of Music: The Making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Classic Musical
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The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood: From the Squaw Man to the Hatchet Man
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And Did You Once See Sydney Plain?: A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman
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Every Day's a Matinee: Memoirs Scribbled on a Dressing Room Door
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David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
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The Golden Age of Television: Notes from the Survivors
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