Title: Max Simon Ehrlich Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1939-1964

Creator:

• Ehrlich, Max Simon, 1909-.

Call Number: U.S. Mss 64AN

Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Abstract:

Papers of a novelist and dramatist. The majority of the collection consists of scripts and drafts for radio and television series. Materials on Big Story (NBC), Big Town (NBC), and The Crime Cases of Warden Lawes (MBS) are most numerous for his radio work; the best documented series for television are Big Story (NBC), Suspense (CBS), and Treasury Men in Action (NBC). There is one box of correspondence, business papers, and drafts of a novel.

Language: English

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Max Ehrlich, the son of Simon and Sarah Ehrlich, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on October 10, 1909. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1933. While in college he worked as a correspondent for the Albany, New York, Knickerbocker Press and Evening News. After graduating, he worked as a feature writer for the Springfield, Massachusetts, Republican and Daily News. From 1938 to 1939 he was the chief writer of the script division of WSPR in Springfield. Mr. Ehrlich worked in the script division of the American Jewish Committee from 1939 to 1941, and from 1941 to 1945 he was the assistant script director of the radio division of the American Red Cross.

Since 1945, Mr. Ehrlich has been a free-lance novelist, playwright, and television dramatist. He has written radio scripts for such series as The Big Story, The Shadow, Big Town, and Mr. and Mrs. North. He has written special shows for organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Boy's Club of America and for stars such as Edward G. Robinson, Helen Hayes, and Ralph Bellamy. He has also adapted many novels, plays, and short stories for radio. His television work includes scripts for the series Barney Blake, The Big Story, The Defenders, The Nurses, and the U.S. Steel Theatre Guild.

Mr. Ehrlich has written two plays, Man in Command and A Shred of Evidence, and five novels: The Big Eye, Spin the Glass Web, The Takers, First Train to Babylon, and Deep Is the Blue, of which Spin the Glass Web and First Train to Babylon (retitled The Naked Edge) were made into motion pictures.

Mr. Ehrlich received a Writers War Board Award in 1944 and a Huntington Hartford Foundation Fellowship in 1963 for his work. He now lives in Goodhill, Connecticut. He is married and has two daughters.

The Max Ehrlich Papers are composed of correspondence, business papers, credits, ephemera, drafts for a novel, radio and television series scripts, and miscellaneous scripts and story outlines.

The correspondence and business papers, 1936-1964, include Mr. Ehrlich's correspondence, contracts, and residual notices. The novel includes the author's original draft of Deep Is the Blue and the edited draft after corrections by the editor.

The most complete radio series is The Big Story, consisting of eighty-six scripts, some of which are annotated. The Crime Cases of Warden Lawes series includes twenty-two scripts. Also included are The Aldrich Family, Big Town and Nick Carter, Master Detective. The latter two have annotated and typewritten scripts.

The television series includes The Big Story, which was carried over from radio to television. This series consists of thirty scripts, many of which are annotated. Other scripts include Barney Blake,Suspense, Treasury Men in Action, and The Web. The scripts are from various stages of writing, and include typewritten scripts, author's first and second revisions, and final drafts. Some of the scripts include production notes and correspondence as noted on the shelf list.

The miscellaneous scripts consist of those written for radio and television series, including Mr. and Mrs. North,The Defenders, The Nurses, and the U.S. Steel Theatre Guild. Also included are miscellaneous story and series outlines.

The scripts are filed alphabetically by title of series, then by title of script, although the miscellaneous scripts are filed alphabetically by script title only. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Max Ehrlich, Weston, Connecticut, August, 1964.

Processing Information

Processed by KW, 1966.

Box   1	Correspondence, 1939-1964, April 8
Box   1	Business papers, 1946-1964, January 29
Box   1	Credits
Box   1	Ephemera
	Novels
	Deep Is the Blue
Box   1	Original draft, annotated
Box   2	Edited draft after corrections by editor, annotated
	Scripts, Radio
	The Aldrich Family
Box   2	No. 309, 1945, February 2
Box   2	No. 332, 1945, July 20
Box   2	No. 335, 1945, August 10
Box   2	No. 348, 1945, November 9
	The Big Story
Box   2	Adams, Jack, “Cases of the Counterfeit Coins,” No. 27, 1947, October 1, Final draft
Box   2	Adams, Kenneth, No. 187, 1950, October 25
Box   2	Allan, Tom, No. 366, 1954, November 17
Box   2	Allen, Jack, “Case of the Cardboard Killer,” No. 36, 1947, December 3
Box   2	Allen, Lester, No. 104, 1949, March 23
Box   2	Bailey, Bill, No. 194, 1950, December 6, annotated
Box   2	Battersby, Roy, No. 81, 1948, October 13
Box   3	Beaman, Niver, No. 305, 1953, March 18
Box   3	Beckwith, Bernard, No. 193, 1950, December 6, annotated
Box   3	Bennett, Grady, No. 285, 1952, October 29
Box   3	Booker, John, No. 208, 1951, March 21
Box   3	Brassell, Morgan, No. 99, 1949, February 16, annotated
Box   3	Chalk, Wesley, No. 92, 1948, December 29
Box   3	Collier, Conrad, No. 86, 1948, November 17, annotated
Box   3	Conaway, Paul, No. 237, 1951, October 10, annotated
Box   3	Coulter, Prevoust, No. 129, 1949, September 14, annotated
Box   3	Daney, Margrete, “The Clubber and the Lady,” No. 20, 1947, August 13, Final draft
Box   3	Doherty, Frank, No. 278, 1952, September 10
Box   3	Dreyer, Martin, No. 354, 1954, May 26
Box   3	Early, Robert, “Case of the Lucky Longshot,” No. 59, 1948, May 12
Box   3	Flanagan, John, No. 262, 1952, April 2, annotated
Box   3	Fleishman, Ella, No. 74, 1948, August 25
Box   3	Foley, Bill, No. 116, 1949, June 15
Box   3	Foley, Pat, No. 70, 1948, July 28, Second Revision
Box   3	Foster, Jack, No. 124, 1949, August 10, annotated
Box   3	Frantz, Dolph, No. 198, 1951, January 10, annotated
Box   3	Fuhrman, Lee, No. 179, 1950, August 30, annotated
Box   3	Gaskill, Al, No. 228, 1951, August 8
Box   3	Gerrity, Ned, No. 375, 1955, January 19, annotated
Box   3	Graves, William, No. 175, 1950, August 2, annotated
Box   3	Green, Dan, No. 134, 1949, October 19
Box   3	Housely, Guy, No. 26, 1947, September 24
Box   3	Hout, Billy, No. 84, 1948, November 3
Box   4	Hull, Jack, No. 136, 1949, November 2
Box   4	James, Albert, No. 253, 1952, January 30
Box   4	Kamps, John, No. 192, 1950, September 20
Box   4	Kasun, Edward, “The Lethal Ladies of Munhall,” No. 23, 1947, September 3, first revision
Box   4	Kaufman, Al, No. 357, 1954, September 15
Box   4	Kelly, Pat, No. 302, 1953, February 25
Box   4	Kenyon, Nellie, “Case of the Literary Lodger,” No. 34, 1947, November 19, first revision
Box   4	Kilgallen, Dorothy, “The Bobby-Sox Kid From Bayonne,” No. 29, 1947, October 15, preliminary draft
Box   4	Kohan, Allen, No. 156, 1950, March 22
Box   4	Krone, Herb, No. 224, 1951, July 11
Box   4	Lapidus, Henry, No. 185, 1950, October 11
Box   4	Lowall, Gene, No. 308, 1953, April 8
Box   4	McCollum, Wallace, No. 251, 1952, January 16
Box   4	McGuire, Mickey, No. 315, 1953, May 27, annotated
Box   4	McIlwain, Bill, No. 350, 1954, April 28
Box   4	Mackay, Jack, No. 268, 1952, May 14, annotated
Box   4	Maxwell, Clayton, No. 149, 1950, February 1
Box   4	Melnick, Sam, No. 145, 1950, January 4, annotated
Box   4	Miller, James, No. 336, 1954, January 20
Box   4	Mikels, Donna, No. 355, 1954, June 2
Box   4	Mitchell, Granger, No. 221, 1951, June 20
Box   4	Mooney, Charles and Fuller, Mary, “Case of the Baffling Beautician,” No. 31, 1947, October 29, first revision
Box   4	Moore, Paul, No. 118, 1949, June 29, annotated
Box   4	Moorhead, Bill, No. 241, 1951, November 7
Box   4	Morgan, Marshall, “Merry Christmas from the Magi,” No. 39, 1947, Dec. 24, first revision
Box   4	Morris, Dick, typed draft
Box   4	Morrissey, Don, No. 299, 1953, February 4, annotated
Box   4	Newman, Rex, No. 295, 1953, January 7
Box   4	Panfield, Peter, No. 214, 1951, May 2
Box   5	Park, Hugh, No. 352, 1954, May 12
Box   5	Pierson, Virgil, No. 165, 1950, May 24
Box   5	Pinney, Bill, No. 65, 1948, June 23
Box   5	Pointon, Harry, No. 234, 1951, September 19
Box   5	Prager, Ted, No. 113, 1949, May 25
Box   5	Presbrey, Paul, No. 218, 1951, May 30
Box   5	Reutlinger, Harry, “A Case For Edgar Allen Poe” No. 54, 1948, April 7, final draft
Box   5	Richards, Bart, No. 245, 1951, December 5
Box   5	Romanoff, Harry, “Case of the Sinister Stranger,” No. 33, 1947, November 12, second revision
Box   5	Russell, Charles, typed draft
Box   5	Saldana, Joseph, No. 100, 1949, February 23
Box   5	Schwartz, Max, No. 90, 1948, December 15
Box   5	Shenkel, Frank, “The Iron Boss,” No. 17, 1947, July 23, final draft
Box   5	Shinske, Art, No. 292, 1952, December 17
Box   5	Shough, Jack, No. 304, 1953, March 11
Box   5	Smith, Thayne, No. 310, 1953, April 22
Box   5	Smith, Zeke, No. 281, 1952, October 1
Box   5	Sturken, Frank, No. 138, 1949, November 16, annotated
Box   5	Thale, Jack, No. 372, [1954, December 21]
Box   5	Tiblier, Paul, No. 203, 1951, February 14
Box   5	Viglietta, Andrew, “The Lovelorn Extortioner,” No. 18 1947, July 30, final draft
Box   5	Whitehouse, Stuart, No. 250, 1952, January 9
Box   5	Wilson, Russell, “Case of the Ambitious Hobo,” No. 38, 1947, December 17, first revision
Box   5	Winge, Frank, “Murder on Seventy Seven,” No. 40, 1947, Dec. 3
	Big Town
Box   6	“Big Town's Bi-Centennial,” 1941, February 26
Box   6	“Big Town Boy's Club,” 1941, May 21, correspondence, , 1941, May 2, May 6
Box   6	“Charity Begins with Murder,” 1951, July 10
Box   6	“Dead-End Street,” 1951, March 20
Box   6	“Death Is a Double Dealer,” 1950, May 2, annotated
Box   6	“Death Is a Lucky Number,” typed draft
Box   6	“Death Is for Old Men,” 1950, November 21, annotated
Box   6	“Doublecross in the Graveyard,” 1950, February 28, annotat
Box   6	“The Protector,” 1951, September 4, annotated
Box   6	“The Reluctant Killer,” 1951, May 15, annotated
Box   6	“Riverfront-Death Trap,” typed draft
Box   6	“The Story of Tommy Donovan,” 1942, March 5
	The Crime Cases of Warden Lawes
Box   6	“Case No. 12763D,” No. 41, 1947, July 29
Box   6	“Case No. 14213M,” [No. 47], 1947, September 9
Box   6	“Case No. 18937M,” No. 27, 1947, April 22
Box   6	“Case No. 23418M,” No. 29, 1947, May 6
Box   6	“Case No. 23482R,” No. 38, 1947, July 8
Box   6	“Case No. 24693M,” No. 43, 1947, August 12
Box   6	“Case No. 27563R,” No. 35, 1947, June 17
Box   6	“Case No. 32649R,” typed draft, outline
Box   6	“Case No. 36105M,” 1947, September 2 annotated
Box   6	“Case No. 40893M,” No. 45, 1947, August 26
Box   6	“Case No. 43587M,” No. 33, 1947, June 3
Box   6	“Case No. 43791M,” No. 26, 1947, April 15
Box   6	“Case No. 46179M,” No. 48, 1947, September 16
Box   6	“Case No. 48375M,” No. 42, 1947, August 5
Box   6	“Case No. 62145M,” No. 37, 1947, July 1
Box   6	“Case No. 62354M,” No. 40, 1947, July 22
Box   6	“Case No. 63829R,” No. 34, 1947, July 10
Box   6	“Case No. 70579R,” No. 32, 1947, May 27
Box   6	“Case No. 73861F,” No. 44, 1947, August 19
Box   6	“Case No. 78614M,” No. 39, 1947, July 15
Box   6	“Case No. 82356M,” No. 25, 1947, April 8
Box   6	“Case No. 87502M,” No. 30, 1947, May 13
	Nick Carter, Master Detective
Box   7	“The Case of the Colossal Cave Murders,” 1947, Feb. 16
Box   7	“The Case of the Desirable Goddess,” typed draft, annotate
Box   7	“The Case of the Persistent Beggars,” 1947, January 26, annotated
Box   7	“The Case of the Restless Saint,” 1947, Dec. 1, annotated
Box   7	“The Case of the Significant Sneeze,” 1947, Feb. 9
Box   7	“The Case of the Vanishing Indian,” typed draft, annotated
	Scripts, Television
	Barney Blake-Police Reporter
Box   7	“The Case of the Curious Corpse,” 1948, June 7
Box   7	“The Dark Cellar,” typed draft
Box   7	“The E-String Murder,” 1948, May 6
Box   7	“Murder Me Twice,” typed draft
	The Big Story
Box   7	Adams, Jack, No. 241, 1953, June 5
Box   7	Barrett, Jean, No. 278, 1954, April 16
Box   7	Beckwith, Bernard, No. 179, 1952, February 1
Box   7	Bohlin, Virginia, No. 189, 1952, April 11, annotated
Box   7	Brislin, Harold, No. 62, annotated
Box   7	Collier, Conrad, No. 199, 1952, June 20
Box   8	Conaway, Paul, No. 205, 1952, Sept, 26, annotated
Box   8	Cowperthwaite, Allen, typed draft
Box   8	Crick, Bud, No. 333, 1955, July 1
Box   8	Dreyer, Martin, No. 312, 1955, February 4
Box   8	Fuller, Jim, No. 208, 1952, October 17, annotated
Box   8	Hall, Frank, and Whitten, Lindsay, No. 219, [1953, January 2]
Box   8	Haas, Lucien, No. 236, 1953, May 1
Box   8	Haselbush, Willard, No. 291, [1954], September 10
Box   8	Hout, Billy, No. 185, 1952, March 14
Box   8	James, Albert, No. 221, 1953, January 16, annotated
Box   8	Kelley, James, No. 213, 1952, November 21
Box   8	Kohan, Allen, No. 159, 1951, September 14
Box   8	Lobb, Clark, No. 215, 1952, December 5, annotated
Box   8	McClure, Stuart, No. 116, [1950, October 17]
Box   8	McCullough, Frank, No. 165, 1951, October 26
Box   8	Mills, Rolf, No. 192, 1952, May 2, annotated
Box   8	Mitchell, Granger, No. 198, 1952, June 13, annotated
Box   8	Pierson, Virgil, No. 110, typed draft
Box   8	Potter, Chester, typed draft
Box   8	Prager, Ted, No. 238, 1953, May 15
Box   9	Prince, Albert, No. 164, 1951, October 19, annotated
Box   9	Sheridan, Leo, No. 216, 1952, December 12
Box   9	Warden, Ernest, No. 211, 1952, November 17
Box   9	Winchell, Walter, No. 14, typed draft
	Suspense
Box   9	“Alibi Me,” 1952, April 22, annotated
Box   9	“Always Trust A Cop,” 1952, September 9
Box   9	“The Blue Panther,” 1952, October 14, annotated
Box   9	“The Crush-Out,” 1951, July 24
Box   9	“Death Cargo,” 1952, August 4, outline
Box   9	“The Debt,” 1952, May 27
Box   9	“A Murder of Necessity,” 1952, June 3
Box   9	“Pier Seventeen,” [1952, December 18], annotated
Box   9	“The Tip,” 1950, December 26
Box   9	“The Trap,” typed draft, annotated
Box   9	“Vamp Till Dead,” 1951, May 22
	Treasury Men in Action
Box   9	“The Case of the Careful Carrier,” 1950, Nov. 6, annotated
Box   9	“The Case of the Careful Swindler,” typed draft
Box   9	“The Case of the Fantastic Fagin,” typed draft
Box   10	“The Case of the Lonely Student,” 1951, November 22
Box   10	“The Case of the Priceless Cheese,” 1953, January 8
Box   10	“The Case of the Prosperous Pauper,” typed draft, annotated
Box   10	“The Case of the Queen of Diamonds,” 1950, Nov. 27, annotated
Box   10	“The Case of the Swiss Watches,” 1951, March 27
Box   10	“The Case of the Telltale Coat,” [1951], September 24
Box   10	“The Case of the Wrinkled Buffalo,” typed draft
Box   10	“The Case of the Yellow Cargo,” typed draft
	The Web
Box   10	“The Dark Curtain,” 1950, October 11, annotated
Box   10	“Shine, Mister?,” 1951, November 28
	Scripts, Radio, Miscellaneous
Box   10	“Der Fuehrer,” June, 1944
Box   10	“John Marshall's Speech At The Virginia Constitutional Convention,” 1941, July 2, information sheet
Box   10	“The Norths Are Singed by a Flame,” typed draft, annotated
	Scripts, Television, Miscellaneous
Box   10	“Balance of Terror,” typed draft
Box   10	“The Bedside Murder,” 1961, March 7, correspondence, , 1961, February 27, author's corrections, final studio draft
Box   10	“Diagnosis: Homicide,” typed draft
Box   11	“The Hold-Out, 1961, August 8, clipping
Box   11	“The Last Six Months, 1962, January 22
Box   11	“The Mary Morales Case,” 1958, January 9, annotated, correspondence, , [1958], April 2
Box   11	“My Son Vito,” typed draft
Box   11	“Ma Barker, 1960, December 29, first draft
Box   11	“Night Fall, 1950, September 5, annotated
Box   11	“Street of Love,” 1961, August 2, correspondence, , 1958, September 23, October 6, story idea, outlines, treatments, corrections, production notes, script, annotated, information sheet.
Box   11	“Take One With You,” typed draft, script A
Box   11	“Take One With You,” typed draft, script B
Box   12	“The Three Rocks of Survival,” typed draft
Box   12	“Yankee Dollar, 1963, March 6, studio revision
Box   12	Miscellaneous Story and Series Outlines