THE OLD SHELL GAME

THE OLD SHELL GAME. (Noveltoon). Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Joe Stultz, Larry Riley; animation, Dave Tendler, Tom Golden. Paramount Pictures, Inc

Registration LP2017 No renewal found

Term began

1948-12-17

Claimant

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Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)

Finding

no renewal entry found for 1975-1977 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections

In the public domain since

1 January 1977 (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 1975 or 1976 volume; volumes searched: 1975, 1976, 1977.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1948, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig321213lib (OCR text), lines 26362–26371.

THE OLD SHELL GAME. (Noveltoon). 
Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1948. 7 min., 
sd., color, 35mm. 

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; 
story, Joe Stultz, Larry Riley; animation, 
Dave Tendler, Tom Golden. 

Paramount Pictures, Inc.; 17Dec48; 
LP2017, 

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