SANTA’S SURPRISE

SANTA’S SURPRISE. (Noveltoon), Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Larz Bourne

Registration LP1330 No renewal found

Term began: 1947-12-05
Claimant: Paramount Pictures, 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 LP1330.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1947, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig31121libr (OCR text), lines 20408–20416.

SANTA’S SURPRISE. (Noveltoon), Para- 
mount Pictures, Inc., 1947. 1 reel, sd., 
color, 35mm. 

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; 
story, Larz Bourne, 

© Paramount Pictures, Inc., New York; 
5Dec47; LP1330.

Copies on the Internet Archive

Item	Year	Downloads	Collection
Santa's Surprise	1947	189,256	classic_cartoons, animationandcartoons
Santa's Surprise	1947	3,233	more_animation, animationandcartoons
Santa's Surprise (1947)	1947	665	feature_films_unsorted, feature_films

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