THE LONE RANGER

THE LONE RANGER. 1938. 2 reels each, sd. Based on the serial by Fran Striker.

Associate producer, Sol C. Siegel; directors, William Witney, John English; original screenplay, Barry Shipman, Franklyn Adreon, Ronald Davidson, Lois Eby, George Worthington Yates; music director, Alberto Colombo; film editors, Helene Turner, Edward Todd.

Registration LP7861 No renewal found

Term began: 1938-03-04
Claimant: Republic Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1965-1967 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1967 (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 1965 or 1966 volume; volumes searched: 1965, 1966, 1967.

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 LP7861.

Registration LP8104 No renewal found

Term began: 1938-04-29
Claimant: Republic Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1965-1967 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1967 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1965 or 1966 volume; volumes searched: 1965, 1966, 1967.

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 LP8104.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 134915–134925.

  THE LONE RANGER. 1938. 2 reels each, sd. Based on the serial by Fran
    Striker.

    Credits: Associate producer, Sol C. Siegel; directors, William
    Witney, John English; original screenplay, Barry Shipman, Franklyn
    Adreon, Ronald Davidson, Lois Eby, George Worthington Yates; music
    director, Alberto Colombo; film editors, Helene Turner, Edward Todd.

    © Republic Pictures Corp.; no. 1-7, 4Mar38; LP7861; no. 8-15,
    29Apr38; LP8104.

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Item	Year	Downloads	Collection
The Lone Ranger	1938	21,149	opensource_movies, community

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