IT’S A JOKE, SON!

IT’S A JOKE, SON! Eagle Lion Films, Inc., 1947. 63 min., sd., b&w., 35mm. Credits: Director, Ben Stoloff; original screenplay, Robert Kent and Paul Gerard Smith

Registration LP818 No renewal found

Term began: 1947-02-08
Claimant: Pathe Industries, 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.

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 LP818.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1947, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig31121libr (OCR text), lines 5356–5362.

IT’S A JOKE, SON! Eagle Lion Films, 
Inc., 1947. 63 min., sd., b&w., 35mm. 
Credits: Director, Ben Stoloff; origi- 
nal screenplay, Robert Kent and Paul 
Gerard Smith. 
© Pathe Industries, Inc., New York; 
8Feb47; LP818.

Copies on the Internet Archive

Item	Year	Downloads	Collection
It's A Joke, Son	1947	159,736	Comedy_Films, moviesandfilms
It's a Joke Son iPod version	1947	11,875	Comedy_Films, feature_films
It's a Joke, Son! (1947)	1947	123	feature_films_unsorted, feature_films

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