THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
pinion to their support. Based on an incident that occurred 60 years ago. Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder; film editor, Asa Boyd Clark; screenplay, Guy Endore, Heinz Herald; music director, Paul Dessau. Cast: Conrad Nagel, Fritz Kortner, Reinhold Schunzel, Philip Van Zandt, Lyle Talbot
Registration LP1825 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1948-09-03
- Claimant
- William Wilder
- 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 31499–31512.
patriot, rallies public opinion to their support. Based on an incident that occurred 60 years ago. Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder; film editor, Asa Boyd Clark; screen- play, Guy Endore, Heinz Herald; music director, Paul Dessau. Cast: Conrad Nagel, Fritz Kortner, Reinhold Schunzel, Philip Van Zandt, Lyle Talbot. © William Wilder; 3Sep48; LP1825.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vicious Circle (1948) | 1948 | 177 | feature_films_unsorted, feature_films |
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