{"canonical_url":"https://publicreel.org/film/85641","film_page_url":null,"answer":"Under US copyright until 31 December 2041: registration LP120 of 1946 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R545206); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2042.","revision_url":"https://publicreel.org/film/85641/evidence/7def27ea","jurisdiction":"US","finding":"renewed","finding_label":"Renewed","finding_reason":"renewal R545206 filed (date unreadable) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (number+date; CCE 1973, OCR line 16522)","public_domain_from":"2042-01-01","finding_revision":"7def27ea","finding_recorded":"2026-09-05 20:21:43.699877+00:00","review_status":"automated","title":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE","title_display":"A Close Call for Boston Blackie","registration_year":1946,"release_year":null,"sources":[{"name":"Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946","citation":"Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text)","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig191libr","lines":[68883,68893]}],"limitations":["A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.","The finding is about the US copyright record only; it is not legal advice and says nothing about other countries, underlying works, music, or a particular copy."],"entry":{"id":85641,"source":"ia_catalogofcopyrig191libr","title":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE","header":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE. 6 reeis. Produced by John Stone; directed by Lew Landers; screen play by Ben Markson; story by Paul Yawitz.","year":1946,"reels":null,"feet":null,"sound":false,"credits":null,"notes":[],"line_start":68883,"line_end":68893,"source_text":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE. 6 reeis. \nProduced by John Stone; directed by Lew Landers; \nscreen play by Ben Markson; story by Paul \nYawitz. \n\n© 1-24-46; 2c 3-5-46, press book; Columbia \nPictures Corp., author and claimant, Hollywood, \nCalif.; L 120, \n\n\nCLUNY BROWN. 10 reels. ","ia_items":[],"ia_lookup":[],"atlas":[],"picture":null},"registrations":[{"id":104548,"entry_id":85641,"reg_number":"LP120","series":3,"see_also":[],"reg_class":"LP","published":true,"claimant":"Columbia Pictures Corp.","author":null,"deposit":"2c 3-5-46, press book","reg_date":"1946-01-24","part":null,"part_title":null,"source_line":68888,"raw":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE. 6 reeis. Produced by John Stone; directed by Lew Landers; screen play by Ben Markson; story by Paul Yawitz. © 1-24-46; 2c 3-5-46, press book; Columbia Pictures Corp., author and claimant, Hollywood, Calif.; L 120,","flags":[],"status":"renewed","pd_date":"2042-01-01","reason":"renewal R545206 filed (date unreadable) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (number+date; CCE 1973, OCR line 16522)","match_kind":"number+date","match_confidence":"high","title_similarity":1.0,"renewals":[{"id":265253,"volume_year":1973,"renewal_number":"R545206","title":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE","description":"a photoplay in 6 reels by Columbia Pictures Corp","orig_date":"1946-01-24","orig_date_raw":"24Jan46","orig_number":"LP120","orig_number_raw":"L120","orig_number_digits":120,"renewal_claimant":"Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc","renewal_basis":"PWH","renewal_date":null,"renewal_date_raw":"5Feb733","part":null,"part_title":null,"parent_title":null,"see_refs":[],"see_also":[],"flags":["orig_class_abbreviated","renewal_date_unreadable"],"source_file":"1973_catalogofc19733271213libr_djvu.txt","source_line":16522,"raw":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE, a photoplay in 6 reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. © 24Jan46; L120. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (PWH); 5Feb733; R545206","raw_sha":"818ed99e49fe0e3fcea9bb6ed4c16efa1e28056b","match_kind":"number+date","title_similarity":1.0,"ia_identifier":"catalogofc19733271213libr","kind":"cce","context":"A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE, a \nphotoplay in 6 reels by Columbia \nPictures Corp. © 24Jan46; L120. \nColumbia Pictures Industries, Inc. \n(PWH); 5Feb733; R545206. \nCLUNY BROWN, a photoplay in 10 reels bj ","llm":[]}],"window":[1973,1974],"window_volumes":[{"year":1973,"ia_identifier":"catalogofc19733271213libr"},{"year":1974,"ia_identifier":"catalogofcopyrig3281213li"},{"year":1975,"ia_identifier":"catalogofcopyrig3291213libr"}]}]}