The One Way Trail

THE ONE WAY TRAIL. 1931. 6 reels, sd.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2026: registration LP2551 of 1931 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R223373); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2027.

Finding revision 21c685ee, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Ray Taylor; story, Claude Rister; dialogue and continuity, George Plympton; film editor, Otto Meyer.

Registration LP2551 Renewed

Term began: 1931-10-14
Claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R223373 filed 1958-10-28 by Gail Pictures International Corp (number+date; CCE 1958, OCR line 47160)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2027 (95 years from the 1931 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 R223373 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.31)

Renewal claimant: Gail Pictures International Corp (PWH)
Renewal date: 1958-10-28
Original cited: LP2551 / 140ct31
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 47160

THE ONE WAY TRAIL, a photoplay in six 
reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. 
© 140ct31; LP2551. Gail Pictures 
International Corp. (PWH); 280ct58; 
R223373.- 
OOH LA-LA, a photoplay in two reels by

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 172341–172347.

  THE ONE WAY TRAIL. 1931. 6 reels, sd.

    Credits: Director, Ray Taylor; story, Claude Rister; dialogue and
    continuity, George Plympton; film editor, Otto Meyer.

    © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 14Oct31; LP2551.

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