Charlie Isaacs's numerous radio and television writing credits include Kraft Music Hall, The Martin and Lewis Show, and The Johnny Carson Show (among others). The collection consists primarily of television and radio series scripts and a small amount of photographs and correspondence.

Charlie Isaacs was born in Winnipeg, Canada on September 17, 1914. He attended the University of Minnesota, School of Journalism (in the early 1930s), was a correspondent for Radio Guide Magazine (1936 to 1937), before arriving in Hollywood in 1937. Isaacs served in the Coast Guard Seventh Amphibious Force (1942 to 1945) and was transferred to Armed Forces Radio in Hollywood. His numerous credits include Kraft Music Hall (1947 to 1949) and The Martin and Lewis Show (1949); headwriter for The Jimmy Durante Show (1950 to 1954), The Johnny Carson Show (1955 to 1956), The Dinah Shore Show (1959 to 1962), and The Red Skelton Show (1967 to 69); script consultant for The Thin Man Series (1957 to 58); producer for The Gisele MacKenzie Show; producer and headwriter for The Real McCoys (1964); and executive story editor for Alice (1971 to 1973).

26 boxes (11.0 linear ft.)

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