Genius on hold
Type
Label
Genius on hold
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated PG
Main title
Genius on hold
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
91
Summary
Genius On Hold is a documentary on inventor Walter L. Shaw who invented the speakerphone, touchtone dialing, call forwarding, voice recognition and the presidential "red phone." He held 39 patents but ended up in the mob. Narrated by Frank Langella
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Shaw, Walter L., 1917-1996
- Jewel thieves -- United States -- Biography
- Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- Telephone + Technological innovations -- United States
- Shaw, Walter Thiel, 1948-
- Telephone -- Patents
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Criminals -- United States -- Biography
- Mafia -- United States -- Case studies
Content
Composer
Director
Narrator
Producer
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor6
- Genre1
- Subject10
- Shaw, Walter L., 1917-1996
- Jewel thieves -- United States -- Biography
- Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- Telephone + Technological innovations -- United States
- Shaw, Walter Thiel, 1948-
- Telephone -- Patents
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Criminals -- United States -- Biography
- Mafia -- United States -- Case studies
- Content1
- Composer2
- Director1
- Narrator1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1