Genius on Hold

It is the kind of story that is glamorous, provocative and riveting. A talented and prolific inventor dies penniless and unknown, even though his creations are about as commonplace as staplers. A jewel thief son blames his life of crime on the wrongs that befell the father. Add some mob connections that taint both men's lives and a final reunion between father and son, and you've got the makings of a blockbuster story. That is the tale that Walter Thiel Shaw, a notorious former jewel thief and aspiring film producer, is going to chronicle in "Genius on Hold," a Documentary film that is really a tribute to his father, Walter L. Shaw.