I COVER THE WATERFRONT

I COVER THE WATERFRONT. 1933. 8 reels. Based on the book by Max Miller.

Producer, Edward Small; director, James Cruze; screenplay, Wells Root; additional dialogue, Jack Jevne; film editor, Grant Whytock.

Registration LP4000 No renewal found

Term began

1933-06-09

Claimant

United Artists Corp

Author

Reliance Pictures, Inc., author

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)

Finding

no renewal entry found for 1960-1962 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections

In the public domain since

1 January 1962 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

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 no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

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.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 109561–109570.

  I COVER THE WATERFRONT. 1933. 8 reels. Based on the book by Max
    Miller.

    Credits: Producer, Edward Small; director, James Cruze; screenplay,
    Wells Root; additional dialogue, Jack Jevne; film editor, Grant
    Whytock.

    © United Artists Corp. (Reliance Pictures, Inc., author); 9Jun33;
    LP4000.

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