In the 1930s this author of "Marjorie Morningstar" was a writer for comedian Fred Allen
[DOC] [TLE] Herman Wouk's 'The Lawgiver': One Last Stab at Hollywood Fame ... [PAR] Nov 20, 2012 ... That Wouk could praise these virtues in Marjorie Morningstar, a best-selling ... 
Wouk came to novel-writing from the background of radio comedyduring the 
Depression, he earned a princely salary writing gags for Fred Allenand for him, 
... in the New York Jewish bourgeoisie of the 1930s, he had found a... [DOC] [TLE] Herman Wouk Just Isn't That Neurotic  Tablet Magazine [PAR] Jan 7, 2016 ... Why is it, then, that the American Jewish writers who were most ... Wouk did with 
books both explicitly Jewish, like Marjorie Morningstar, and ... and Fiddler: 
Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author, Wouk shows that this ... Wouk started his 
career during the Depression as a gag writer for Fred Allen on the radio.