Fifty Million Dollars Can't Be Wrong

FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS CAN'T BE WRONG. 1933. 2 reels, sd.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2028: registration LP3896 of 1933 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R258181); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2029.

Finding revision 17893ca7, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Producer, Max Hayes; director, Joseph Santley; story, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend, Max Hayes.

Registration LP3896 Renewed

Term began: 1933-05-16
Claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R258181 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+date; CCE 1960, OCR line 18566)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2029 (95 years from the 1933 publication)

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A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R258181 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.92)

Renewal claimant: —
Renewal date: —
Original cited: LP3896 / 16May33
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1960: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3141213libr, OCR text line 18566

FIFTY MILLIONS DOLLARS CAN'T BE WRONG, 
a photoplay in two reels by Columbia 
Pictures Corp. © 16May33; LP3896. 
Columbia Pictures Corp. (PwH) ; 
14Jun60; R258181. 
THE FINISHING TOUCH, a photoplay in two

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 68071–68077.

  FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS CAN'T BE WRONG. 1933. 2 reels, sd.

    Credits: Producer, Max Hayes; director, Joseph Santley; story, Fred
    Allen, Harry Tugend, Max Hayes.

    © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 16May33; LP3896.

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