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POLKA-DOT PUSS

POLKA-DOT PUSS. (Tom and Jerry Cartoon) Loew’s, Inc., 1949. An MGM ° cartoon. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera animation, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence; music, Scott Bradley

Registration LP2141 Renewed

Term began
1949-02-09
Claimant
Loew’s, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal R627204 filed (date unreadable) by Inc (digits+title; CCE 1976, OCR line 54432)
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 R627204 (link: digits+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
12141 / 9Peb49
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 54432
R627204,. 
Polka-dot puss. 
€ 9Peb49; 12141. 
Inc. (PWH): 12Feb76; 
By Loew's, Inc. 

Renewal R627204 (link: llm:date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
— (EWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
None / 15Ffeb49
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 54425
12100. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. 
19Feb76; RE26744, 
By Loew's, Inc. € 15Ffeb49; 
(EWH) = 
R627204,. 
Polka-dot puss. 

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: “The OCR chunk is garbled. The renewal number R627204 appears to belong to 'Polka-dot puss' based on the surrounding lines. The original date is read as 9Feb49 (1949-02-09) from '€ 9Peb49', where 'Peb' is a misread of 'Feb'. The renewal claimant is likely Loew's, Inc. (PWH) from the preceding garbled line 'By Loew's, Inc. € 15Ffeb49; (EWH) =', but the renewal date is taken from the following line 'Inc. (PWH): 12Feb76;' as 1976-02-12. The original number is not clearly readable.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 11215–11225.

POLKA-DOT PUSS. (Tom and Jerry 
Cartoon) Loew’s, Inc., 1949. An MGM ° 
cartoon. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. 

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; 
directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera 
animation, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Ray 
Patterson, Irven Spence; music, Scott 
Bradley. ; 

© Loew’s, Inc.; 9Feb49; LP2141. 

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