KING OF THE DAMNED

KING OF THE DAMNED. 1935. 8 reels. Based on the play by John Chancellor.

Director, Walter Forde; screenplay, Charles Bennett, Sidney Gilliatt.

Registration LP6246 No renewal found

Term began

1935-12-30

Claimant

Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America

Author

Gaumont British Picture Corp., Ltd., author

Class

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

Finding

no renewal entry found for 1962-1964 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections

In the public domain since

1 January 1964 (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 1962 or 1963 volume; volumes searched: 1962, 1963, 1964.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 123702–123710.

  KING OF THE DAMNED. 1935. 8 reels. Based on the play by John
    Chancellor.

    Credits: Director, Walter Forde; screenplay, Charles Bennett, Sidney
    Gilliatt.

    © Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America (Gaumont British Picture
    Corp., Ltd., author); 30Dec35; LP6246.

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