THE BIG CAT
1932. Credits: Producer, William Moss; director, Phil Karlson; story, Morton Grant; screenplay, Morton Grant, Dorothy Yost; music score, Paul Sawtell; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Harvey Manger. Cast: Lon Mc- Callister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Skip Homeier
Registration LP2316 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-05-19
- Claimant
- Pathe Industries, 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 1574–1586.
depression and drought of 1932. Credits: Producer, William Moss; director, Phil Karlson; story, Morton Grant; screenplay, Morton Grant, Dorothy Yost; music score, Paul Sawtell; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Harvey Manger. Cast: Lon Mc- Callister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Skip Homeier. © Pathe Industries, Inc.; 19May49; LP2316.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Cat | 1949 | 76,851 | feature_films_unsorted, feature_films |
Matched by title and year on 5 September 2026; check that the item is this film and not a remake or a trailer.