THE BEST MAN WINS
comedy about a footloose gambler and his estranged family. Greyhound racing and frog-jumping contests provide an outlet for the hero’s talents. Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, John Sturgess; screenplay, Edward Huebsch. Cast: Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Gary Gray, Bob Shayne, Stanley Andrews
Registration LP1560 Renewed
- Term began
- 1948-04-19
- Claimant
- Columbia Pictures Corp
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- renewal filed (date unreadable) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (digits+title; CCE 1975, OCR line 47488)
- Enters the public domain
- 1 January 2044 (95 years from the 1948 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: digits+title, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (PWH)
- Renewal date
- —
- Original cited
- 11560 / 19Apr4&
- Source
- Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1975: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3291213libr, OCR text line 47488
The Best man wins. By Columbia Pictures Corporation. 8 reels. © 19Apr4&; 11560. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (PWH) ; 8May75; RE€04917. R604918.
Renewal R604918 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- —
- Renewal date
- —
- Original cited
- 04917 / None
- Source
- Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1975: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3291213libr, OCR text line 47490
Corporation. 8 reels. © 19Apr4&; 11560. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (PWH) ; 8May75; RE€04917. R604918. Whirlwind raiders. By Columbia Pictures Corporation. 6 reels. € 19Apr48; 11561.
Low confidence: neither the number nor the date in this record could be read; the title alone matched, and it is the only such title in the renewal window.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1948, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig321213lib (OCR text), lines 1229–1243.
is the setting for this comedy about a foot- loose gambler and his estranged family. Greyhound racing and frog-jumping contests provide an outlet for the hero’s talents. Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, John Sturgess; screenplay, Ed- ward Huebsch. Cast: Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Gary Gray, Bob Shayne, Stanley Andrews. © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 19Apr48; LP1560.
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