Public Reel

THE REAL THING

ealm Television Productions, 1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Adapted from the story of the same title by Henry James. Summary: An artist finds that using the “real thing’’ for a model does not guarantee a successful picture. Credits: Director, Charles Haas; screenplay Elihu Winer; editor, Daniel Cahn

Registration LP2194 No renewal found

Term began
1949-03-23
Claimant
Realm Television Productions, 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 11677–11691.

Realm Television Productions, 1949. 
2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Adapted from 
the story of the same title by Henry 
James. 

Summary: An artist finds that using 
the “real thing’’ for a model does not 
guarantee a successful picture. 

Credits: Director, Charles Haas; 
screenplay Elihu Winer; editor, Daniel 
Cahn. 

© Realm Television Productions, 
Inc.; 23Mar49; LP2194. 

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