OMOO-OMOO, THE SHARK GOD

: A tale of seafaring and adventure on a tropical island. Credits: Producer, Leonard S. Picker; director, Leon Leonard; screenplay, George D. Green, Leon Leonard; music, Albert Glasser; film editor, Stanley Frazen, Cast: Ron Randell, Devera Burton, Trevor Bardette, Pedro DeCordoba, ‘Richard Benedict

Registration LP2488 No renewal found

Term began

1949-05-15

Claimant

Elsa Pictures, 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.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 33215–33226.

Summary: A tale of seafaring and 
adventure on a tropical island. 

Credits: Producer, Leonard S. Picker; 
director, Leon Leonard; screenplay, 
George D. Green, Leon Leonard; music, 
Albert Glasser; film editor, Stanley Fra- 
zen, Cast: Ron Randell, Devera Burton, 
Trevor Bardette, Pedro DeCordoba, 
‘Richard Benedict. 

© Elsa Pictures, Inc.; 15May49; LP2488. 

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