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Michael Douglas’ American Play Company, Storied Firm That Once Repped George Bernard Shaw, Is Acquired By International Literary Properties
The American Play Company, most recently led by actor Michael Douglas and his business partner, is being acquired by International Literary Partners.
It went on to control the estates of Damon Runyon, whose writing formed the basis of Broadway musical Guys & Dolls; and Cornell Woolrich, whose story “It Had to Be Murder” was the source of Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rear Window. Since its founding in 2020, ILP has built a diverse portfolio of iconic creators, including Somerset Maugham, Langston Hughes, Alfred Uhry, Ann Rule, Georges Simenon, James M. Cain, Joseph Kesselring, Georgette Heyer, Ngaio Marsh, Mary Wesley, and Arto Paasilinna. He argued in a Supreme Court case that widows and heirs of deceased authors should have the exclusive right to permit the creation and exploitation of derivative works, regardless of potentially conflicting agreements by prior copyright holders.
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