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Sheldon Abend
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A colorful executive producer who also served as an estate representative for such literary luminaries as George Bernard Shaw and Tennessee Williams, Sheldon Abend made a name for himself by winning an intense copyright....
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A colorful executive producer who also served as an estate representative for such literary luminaries as George Bernard Shaw and Tennessee Williams, Sheldon Abend made a name for himself by winning an intense copyright battle with MCA. A New York native who later fought in the ring and worked as a tugboat coal-stoker, Abend went to work for the American Play Country in 1957 with little education and an over-abundance of initiative. He rose through the ranks to own the organization in three short years, and after establishing the Author's Research Company, served as a literary consultant and rights negotiator for David O. Selznick, among many others. Gaining notoriety for taking on MCA, Alfred Hitchcock, and Jimmy Stewart in 1983 to establish what has come to be known as the "Abend Rule," the tenacious negotiator went to the Supreme Court to clarify copyright law for instances in which the author dies during the copyright's term. Aside from pursuing the rights to Chicago, Abend served as a producer in the release of the made-for-TV remake of Rear Window and the erotic, Antonio Banderas thriller Original Sin. Abend died August 24, 2003 in New York City. He was 74.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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