THE BIG WHEEL
s, Samuel H. Stiefel, Mort Briskin; director, Edward Ludwig; sereenplay, Robert Smith; musical composition and direction, Nat W. Finston; orchestrations, Joseph Nussbaum, Paul Marquardt; film editor, Walter Thompson. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Michael O'Shea, Mary Hatcher, Spring Byington
Registration LP2848 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-11-04
- Claimant
- Samuel H. Stiefel Productions
- 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, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 1755–1766.
Credits: Producers, Samuel H. Stiefel, Mort Briskin; director, Edward Ludwig; sereenplay, Robert Smith; musical compo- sition and direction, Nat W. Finston; orchestrations, Joseph Nussbaum, Paul Marquardt; film editor, Walter Thompson. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Michael O'Shea, Mary Hatcher, Spring Byington. © Samuel H. Stiefel Productions; 4Nov49; LP2848.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Wheel | 1949 | 91,006 | feature_films_unsorted, feature_films |
| The Big Wheel | 1949 | 108 | movie_trailers_unsorted, movie_trailers |
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