Public Reel

THE BEGINNING OR THE END

oew’s, Inc., 1947. An MGM picture. 112 min., sd., b&w., 35mm. Credits: Producer, Samuel Marx; director, Norman Taurog; film editor, George Boemler; original story, Robert Considine; screenplay, Frank Wead; musical score, Daniele Amfitheatrof. Cast: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, and others

Registration LP832 No renewal found

Term began
1947-01-21
Claimant
Loew’s, Inc., New York
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1974-1976 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1976 (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 1974 or 1975 volume; volumes searched: 1974, 1975, 1976.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1947, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig31121libr (OCR text), lines 1129–1141.

Loew’s, Inc., 1947. An MGM picture. 
112 min., sd., b&w., 35mm. 

Credits: Producer, Samuel Marx; 
director, Norman Taurog; film editor, 
George Boemler; original story, Rob- 
ert Considine; screenplay, Frank 
Wead; musical score, Daniele Amfi- 
theatrof. Cast: Brian Donlevy, Rob- 
ert Walker, Tom Drake, and others. 

© Loew’s, Inc., New York; 21Jan47; 
LP832. 

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