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Rear Window (film)
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actress: Grace Kelly
- Actor: James Stewart
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945/00/00 | Cornell Woolrich | Author | Woolrich agrees to assign the rights to make motion picture versions of six of his stories, including "It Had to Be Murder," to BG De Sylva Prods for $9,250. He also agrees to a 28-year renewal of the copyrights in the stories at the appropriate time. | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO | |||
| 1953/10/00 | Gerald C Murphy | Work | Alfred Hitchcock, an owner of Mark Cross desk accessories and travel gear, hires Mark Cross president Gerald Murphy to provide an overnight case for "Rear Window". | ||||
| 1954/08/04 | Alfred Hitchcock | Director | United Nations officials and prominent members of the social and entertainment worlds attend the benefit world premiere for "Rear Window" at the Rivoli Theatre (razed) in New York City, with proceeds going to the American-Korean Foundation. | ||||
| 1954/08/04 | Grace Kelly | Actress | United Nations officials and prominent members of the social and entertainment worlds attend the benefit world premiere for "Rear Window" at the Rivoli Theatre (razed) in New York City, with proceeds going to the American-Korean Foundation. | ||||
| 1954/08/04 | James Stewart | Actor | United Nations officials and prominent members of the social and entertainment worlds attend the benefit world premiere for "Rear Window" at the Rivoli Theatre (razed) in New York City, with proceeds going to the American-Korean Foundation. | ||||
| 1971/00/00 | James Stewart | Film Producer | "Rear Window" is broadcast on the ABC television. Abend notifies Hitchcock's trustees, Stewart and MCA Inc, that he owns the renewal rights and their distribution of the motion picture without his permission infringes his copyright on the original story. | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO | |||
| 1983/10/06 | Universal Pictures | Studio | Universal studios, new license holder of the worldwide rights of five Hitchcock films, releases "Rear Window". After breaking on-day box office records for art houses around the country, "Rear Window" will pull in $6.8 million in five months. | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO | |||
| 1990/01/09 | James P Tierney | Defense Attorney | Louis P Petrich argues the cause for Hitchcock, Stewart and MCA, with Gary L Swingle on the briefs. Peter J Anderson argues the cause for Sheldon Abend, with briefs by James P Tierney. | United States Supreme Court Building | Washington, DC | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO | |
| 1990/04/24 | JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivers the opinion of the Court that a successor copyright owner has the exclusive right to permit the creation and exploitation of derivative works. | United States Supreme Court Building | Washington, DC | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO |
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