Fools Who Made History

FOOLS WHO MADE HISTORY. 1939. 1 reel each. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2034: registration LP9089 of 1939 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R414390); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2035.

Finding revision 9526133e, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Written and directed by Jan Leman.

Registration LP9089 (part 1: Elias Howe) Renewed

Term began: 1939-08-31
Claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R414390 filed 1967-07-25 by (claimant unreadable) (number+date; CCE 1967, OCR line 38616)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2035 (95 years from the 1939 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 R414390 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.34)

Renewal claimant: —
Renewal date: 1967-07-25
Original cited: LP9089 / 31Aug39
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1967: Internet Archive catalogofc19673211213libr, OCR text line 38616

photoplays by Columbia Pictures Corp. 
1 reel each. © Columbia Pictures 
Corp. 
1939. 
Elias Howe. © 31Aug39; LP9089. 
25Jul67; R414390. 
FOOLS WHO MADE HISTORY, a series of 
photoplays by Columbia Pictures Corp.

Registration LP9181 (part 2: [Charles Goodyear]) Renewed

Term began: 1939-10-02
Claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R417059 filed 1967-09-08 by Columbia Pictures Corp (number+date; CCE 1967, OCR line 38629)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2035 (95 years from the 1939 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 R417059 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.34)

Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date: 1967-09-08
Original cited: LP9181 / 20ct39
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1967: Internet Archive catalogofc19673211213libr, OCR text line 38629

Corp. (PWH) 
No. 
2. Charles Goodyear. © 20ct39; 
LP9181. 8Sep67; R417059. 
FOOTBALL THRILLS OF 1939, a motion pic- 
ture in one reel by Loew's.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 74072–74079.

  FOOLS WHO MADE HISTORY. 1939. 1 reel each. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

    Credits: Written and directed by Jan Leman.

    1. Elias Howe. © 31Aug39; LP9089.

    2. [Charles Goodyear]. © 2Oct39; LP9181.

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