THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND

s, 1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Adapted from the story of the same title by A. Conan Doyle. Summary: Sherlock Holmes solves one murder and prevents another when he discovers that a doctor possesses a trained swamp adder. Credits: Screenplay, Walter Doniger; music, William Lava; editor, Daniel Cahn

Registration LP2252 No renewal found

Term began

1949-04-04

Claimant

Realm Television Productions, Inc

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)

Finding

no renewal entry found for 1976-1978 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025

In the public domain since

1 January 1978 (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 1976 or 1977 volume; volumes searched: 1976, 1977, 1978.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 585–599.

Productions, 1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 
16mm. Adapted from the story of the 
same title by A. Conan Doyle. 

Summary: Sherlock Holmes solves one 
murder and prevents another when he 
discovers that a doctor possesses a 
trained swamp adder. 

Credits: Screenplay, Walter Doniger; 
music, William Lava; editor, Daniel 
Cahn. 

© Realm Television Productions, Inc.; 
4Apr49; LP2252. 

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