Bad Lands

BAD LANDS. 1939. 70 min., sd.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2034: registration LP9171 of 1939 by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc was renewed (R393977); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2035.

Finding revision 38c96f33, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Producer, Robert Sisk; director, Lew Landers; story and screenplay, Clarence Upson Young; editor, George Hively; music, Roy Webb.

Registration LP9171 Renewed

Term began: 1939-08-11
Claimant: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R393977 filed 1966-09-28 by RKO General, Inc (number+date; CCE 1966, OCR line 33999)
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 R393977 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: RKO General, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1966-09-28
Original cited: LP9171 / 11Aug39
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1966: Internet Archive catalogofc19663201213libr, OCR text line 33999

(PWH); 28Sep66; R393972. 
BAD LANDS, a photoplay in eight reels 
by RKO Radio Pictures. © 11Aug39; 
LP9171. RKO General, Inc. (PWH); 
28Sep66; R393977. 
BAD LITTLE ANGEL, a photoplay in eight

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 11476–11483.

  BAD LANDS. 1939. 70 min., sd.

    Credits: Producer, Robert Sisk; director, Lew Landers; story and
    screenplay, Clarence Upson Young; editor, George Hively; music, Roy
    Webb.

    © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 11Aug39; LP9171.

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