Playing Politics

PLAYING POLITICS. (A Scrappy Cartoon) Released by Columbia Pictures Corp. 1936. 1 reel, sd.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2031: registration MP6617 of 1936 by Screen Gems, Inc was renewed (R338936); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2032.

Finding revision cce7f3fd, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Producer, Charles Mintz; story, Allen Rose; animation, Harry Love: music, Joe de Nat.

Registration MP6617 Renewed

Term began: 1936-07-10
Claimant: Screen Gems, Inc
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R338936 filed 1964-06-10 by Screen Gems (number+date; CCE 1964, OCR line 22212)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2032 (95 years from the 1936 publication)

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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 R338936 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Screen Gems (PWH)
Renewal date: 1964-06-10
Original cited: MP6617 / 10Ju136
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1964: Internet Archive catalogofc19643181213libr, OCR text line 22212

Co., Inc. (PWH); 27Feb64; R332770. 
PLAYING POLITICS, a motion picture in 
one reel by Screen Gems. © 10Ju136; 
MP6617. Screen Gems (PWH) ; 10Jun64; 
R338936. 
THE PLOT THICKENS, a photoplay in seven 
reels by RKO Radio Pictures.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 189934–189941.

  PLAYING POLITICS. (A Scrappy Cartoon) Released by Columbia Pictures
    Corp. 1936. 1 reel, sd.

    Credits: Producer, Charles Mintz; story, Allen Rose; animation,
    Harry Love: music, Joe de Nat.

    © Screen Gems, Inc.; 10Jul36; MP6617.

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