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LES BROWN AND THE BAND OF RENOWN

LEON ERROL. by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., are entered separately under their respective titles. LES BROWN AND THE BAND OF RENOWN. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1949. 15 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A musical short. Credits; Producer and director, Will Cowan; film editor, Danny B. Landres

Registration MP4085 Renewed

Term began
1949-03-15
Claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal R632648 filed 1976-04-30 by Universal Pictures (number+date; CCE 1976, OCR line 57272)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2045 (95 years from the 1949 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 R632648 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal Pictures (PWH)
Renewal date
1976-04-30
Original cited
M4085 / 15Mar49
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 57272
Les Brown and the Band of Renown. By 
Universal Pictures Company, Inc. 
€ 15Mar49; M4085. Universal Pictures 
(PWH); 30Apr76; R632648, 
R632€49, 
Prairie pirates. By Universal Pictures 
Company, Inc. € 15Mar49; M4086. 

Renewal R632648 (link: llm:number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Renewal date
Original cited
32647 / None
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 57264
Universal Pictures Company, Inc. 
© 28Apr49; M4084. Universal Pictures 
(PWH); 30Apr76; R€32647. 
R632648. 
Les Brown and the Band of Renown. By 
Universal Pictures Company, Inc. 

This link was made after a language model re-read the damaged OCR (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro); the reading was accepted only because the number and date or title it reported agree with the catalog. Its note: “Original number M4085 interpreted as MP4085 (motion picture). Renewal number R632648 confirmed from surrounding lines.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 6710–6730.

LEON ERROL. 
Motion pictures in this series, produced 
by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., are entered 
separately under their respective titles. 


LES BROWN AND THE BAND OF RENOWN. 


Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1949. 15 min., 


sd., b&w, 35mm. 

Summary: A musical short. 

Credits; Producer and director, Will 
Cowan; film editor, Danny B. Landres. 

© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 
15Mar49; MP4085. 

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