Public Reel

THE BIG BROADCAST

THE BIG BROADCAST. 1932. 10 reels, sd. Based on the play "Wild Waves" by William Ford Manley.

Director, Frank Tuttle; screenplay, George Marion, Jr.; music, Ralph Rainger.

Registration LP3421 Renewed

Term began
1932-10-15
Claimant
Paramount Publix Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal filed (date unreadable) by Emka, Ltd (date+title; CCE 1959, OCR line 36547)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2028 (95 years from the 1932 publication)

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 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Emka, Ltd (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
LZ421 / 150ct32
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1959: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3131213li, OCR text line 36547
THE BIG BROADCAST, a photoplay in ten 
reels by Paramount Publix Corp. 
€ 150ct32; LZ421. Emka, Ltd. (PWH); 
200ct59; Re44581. 
BIG CITY BLUES, a photoplay in seven 
reels by Warner Bros. Pictures. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 17302–17309.

  THE BIG BROADCAST. 1932. 10 reels, sd. Based on the play "Wild Waves"
    by William Ford Manley.

    Credits: Director, Frank Tuttle; screenplay, George Marion, Jr.;
    music, Ralph Rainger.

    © Paramount Publix Corp.; 15Oct32; LP3421.

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The Big Broadcast (1932–38)19321,780opensource_movies, fav-21wolfalice

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