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THE COWBOY AND THE INDIANS

elp to a starving Indian tribe long-swindled by a dishonest trader. Credits: Producer, Armand Schaefer; director, John English; screenplay, Dwight Cummins, Dorothy Yost; film editor, Henry Batista. Cast: Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards, Hank Patterson, sey Silverheels, Gene Autry Productions

Registration LP2668 No renewal found

Term began
1949-09-30
Claimant
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 25675–25691.

Summary: Gene Autry brings help to a 
starving Indian tribe long-swindled by a 
dishonest trader. 

Credits: Producer, Armand Schaefer; 
director, John English; screenplay, 


Dwight Cummins, Dorothy Yost; film editor, 


Henry Batista. Cast: Gene Autry, Sheila 
Ryan, Frank Richards, Hank Patterson, 
sey Silverheels, 

Gene Autry Productions; 30Sep49; 
LP2668, 

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