David Freedman papers, 1905-1954

David Freedman was an author and radio script writer in New York City. He wrote scripts for Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, and Jack Benny among others. He wrote stories for the "Pictorial Review", 1922-1932; some motion picture screenplays, such as Buster Keaton's "The Fourth Alarm" and Eddie Cantor's "Palmy Days" (1931); and Broadway plays, as well as scripts for various radio shows such as "Ex-Lax...The Big Show" that aired in 1934, and short stories such as his famous "Mendel Marantz" that was published in 1926 and translated into Russian, German, Yiddish, and Dutch. Freedman's plays and novels were some of the very first Jewish comedies to have been written and published in the United States. After Freedman's death in 1944 Loew, Inc. purchased "Sweepstakes Ticket" and "Death and Taxes" from his estate. Freedman published articles in national magazines such as "Saturday Evening Post", "Red Book", and "Colliers".