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FOR THE LOVE OF MARY

A musical farce-comedy about the romantic affairs of a White House telephone operator. Photographed in Washington. Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Frederick de Cordova; film editor, Ted J. Kent; original screenplay, Oscar Brodney; music, Frank Skinner; orchestrations, David Tamkin; music

Registration LP1949 Renewed

Term began
1948-11-16
Claimant
supervisor, Milton Schwarzwald. Cast: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn, Ray Collins. Universal Pictures Co., Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (llm:number+date; CCE 1976, OCR line 57524)
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: llm:number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Renewal date
Original cited
33648 / None
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 57524
murder. € 16Nov48; 11947. Universal 
Pictures (PWH); 30Apr76; R633647. 
633648. 
For the love of Mary. 
Pictures Company, Inc. 
By Universal 

This link was made after a language model re-read the damaged OCR (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro); the reading was accepted only because the number and date or title it reported agree with the catalog. Its note: “Original number '11949' interpreted as LP1949 based on context and typical LP prefix for photoplays. Renewal number R633648 is clearly indicated in the left margin.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1948, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig321213lib (OCR text), lines 21352–21367.

Summary: A musical farce-comedy 
about the romantic affairs of a White 
House telephone operator. Photographed 
in Washington. 

Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; 
director, Frederick de Cordova; film 
editor, Ted J. Kent; original screenplay, 
Oscar Brodney; music, Frank Skinner; 
orchestrations, David Tamkin; music © 
supervisor, Milton Schwarzwald. Cast: 
Deanna Durbin, Edmond O Brien, Don 
Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn, Ray Collins. 

Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 
16Nov48; LP1949. 

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