Goofytone Newsreel

GOOFYTONE NEWSREEL. Snappy, nos. 1-6; Gem Pictures Prod., Inc., no. 7. 1933-34. 1 reel each, sd. © Universal Pictures Corp.

No renewal found Free in the US since 1 January 1962, on the registry's reading: registration LP4016 of 1933 by Universal Pictures Corp was not renewed in the volumes searched.

Finding revision b44101aa, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Nos. 1, 2: Director, George S. Gullette; original sketches, George Frame Brown. Nos. 3-6: Filmed and directed by Don Malkames. No. 7: Written and directed by F. Herrick-Herrick.

Registration LP4016 (part 1) No renewal found

Term began: 1933-07-14
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1960-1962 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
Conditional date: 1 January 1962, if no renewal was filed. The automated search result requires verification against the linked volumes.

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An automated finding, not a verdict. A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and our parse of them found no matching renewal. If that is right, a work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year; the volumes are OCR of old print, and the method page reports how often the parse has been found to miss one.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1960 or 1961 volume; volumes searched: 1960, 1961, 1962.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP4016.

Registration LP4089 (part 2) No renewal found

Term began: 1933-08-29
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1960-1962 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
Conditional date: 1 January 1962, if no renewal was filed. The automated search result requires verification against the linked volumes.

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A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1960 or 1961 volume; volumes searched: 1960, 1961, 1962.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP4089.

Registration MP4464 (part 3) No renewal found

Term began: 1933-12-15
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1960-1962 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
Conditional date: 1 January 1962, if no renewal was filed. The automated search result requires verification against the linked volumes.

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A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1960 or 1961 volume; volumes searched: 1960, 1961, 1962.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP4464.

Registration MP4543 (part 4) Renewed

Term began: 1934-01-29
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R287485 filed 1961-12-29 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc (number+date; CCE 1961, OCR line 49685)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2030 (95 years from the 1934 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 R287485 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.35)

Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-12-29
Original cited: MP4543 / 29Jan34
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 49685

R282489. 
GOOFYTONE NEWSREEL, by Universal Pic- 
tures Corp. One reel each. © Uni- 
versal Pictures Co., Inc. (PWH) 
4, © 29Jan34; MP4543. 29Dec61; 
R287485. 
5. © 19Feb34; MP4584. 29Dec61; 
R287490.

Registration MP4584 (part 5) Renewed

Term began: 1934-02-19
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R287490 filed 1961-12-29 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc (number+date; CCE 1961, OCR line 49688)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2030 (95 years from the 1934 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 R287490 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.35)

Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-12-29
Original cited: MP4584 / 19Feb34
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 49688

versal Pictures Co., Inc. (PWH) 
4, © 29Jan34; MP4543. 29Dec61; 
R287485. 
5. © 19Feb34; MP4584. 29Dec61; 
R287490. 
6. © 6Mar34; MP4627. 29Dec61; 
R287495.

Registration MP4627 (part 6) Renewed

Term began: 1934-03-06
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R287495 filed 1961-12-29 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc (number+date; CCE 1961, OCR line 49691)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2030 (95 years from the 1934 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 R287495 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.35)

Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-12-29
Original cited: MP4627 / 6Mar34
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 49691

5. © 19Feb34; MP4584. 29Dec61; 
R287490. 
6. © 6Mar34; MP4627. 29Dec61; 
R287495. 
7. © 12Apr34; MP4699. 29Dec61; 
R287511.

Registration MP4699 (part 7) Renewed

Term began: 1934-04-12
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R287511 filed 1961-12-29 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc (number+date; CCE 1961, OCR line 49694)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2030 (95 years from the 1934 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 R287511 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.35)

Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-12-29
Original cited: MP4699 / 12Apr34
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 49694

6. © 6Mar34; MP4627. 29Dec61; 
R287495. 
7. © 12Apr34; MP4699. 29Dec61; 
R287511. 
GREAT FLIRTATION, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Paramount Productions.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 87324–87344.

  GOOFYTONE NEWSREEL. Snappy, nos. 1-6; Gem Pictures Prod., Inc., no. 7.
    1933-34. 1 reel each, sd. © Universal Pictures Corp.

    Credits: Nos. 1, 2: Director, George S. Gullette; original sketches,
    George Frame Brown. Nos. 3-6: Filmed and directed by Don Malkames.
    No. 7: Written and directed by F. Herrick-Herrick.

    1. © 14Jul33; LP4016.

    2. © 29Aug33; LP4089.

    3. © 15Dec33; MP4464.

    4. © 29Jan34; MP4543.

    5. © 19Feb34; MP4584.

    6. © 6Mar34; MP4627.

    7. © 12Apr34; MP4699.

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