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IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT

NORANT. (Screenliner, no. 3) RKO Pathe, Inc., 1948. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A comedy quiz show based on the radio program “It Pays To Be Ignorant. Credits: Director, Herb Polesie; script, Ruth Howell; music, Tom Howell; Jr. Cast: Tom Howard, George Shelton, Lulu Mc- Connel, Harry McNaughton

Registration MP3938 Renewed

Term began
1948-12-24
Claimant
RKO Pathe, Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal R649461 filed (date unreadable) by Marian B., Inc (number+date; CCE 1976, OCR line 101441)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2044 (95 years from the 1948 publication)

A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R649461 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Marian B., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
M3938 / 24Dec48
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 101441
R649461. 
It pays to be ignorant. By RKO Pathe, 
Inc. © 24Dec48; M3938. Marian B., Inc. 
(PWH) ; 16Dec76; 8649461. 
R649470. 
Highway 13. By Lippert Productions, 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 6017–6030.

IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT. (Screenliner, 
no. 3) RKO Pathe, Inc., 1948. 8 min., 
sd., b&w, 35mm. 

Summary: A comedy quiz show based 
on the radio program “It Pays To Be 
Ignorant. 

Credits: Director, Herb Polesie; script, 
Ruth Howell; music, Tom Howell; Jr. Cast: 
Tom Howard, George Shelton, Lulu Mc- 
Connel, Harry McNaughton. 

© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 24Dec48; MP3938. 

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