Public Reel

EL PASO

Texas during the post-Civil War era. Credits; Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; directed and written by Lewis R. Foster; music score, Darrell Calker; music supervisor, David Chudnow; editor, Howard Smith. Cast: John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George “‘Gabby’ Hayes, Dick Foran

Registration LP2217 No renewal found

Term began
1949-04-01
Claimant
Paramount Pictures 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.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 3916–3935.

Setting, Texas during the post-Civil War 
era. 

Credits; Producers, William H. Pine, 

William C. Thomas; directed and written 

by Lewis R. Foster; music score, 

Darrell Calker; music supervisor, David 

Chudnow; editor, Howard Smith. Cast: 


John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, 


George “‘Gabby’ Hayes, Dick Foran. 
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 1Apr49; 
LP2217. 

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