CRASHING THE MOVIES
CRASHING THE MOVIES. (Pete Smith Specialty) Loew's Inc., 1950. An MGM picture. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; screenplay, Joe Ansen; film editor, Joseph Dietrick
Registration LP2823 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1950-01-06
- Claimant
- Loew's Inc
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1977-1979 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1979 (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 1977 or 1978 volume; volumes searched: 1977, 1978, 1979.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 3765–3774.
CRASHING THE MOVIES. (Pete Smith Specialty) Loew's Inc., 1950. An MGM picture. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; screenplay, Joe Ansen; film editor, Joseph Dietrick. © Loew's Inc.; 6Jan50 (in notice: 1948); LP2823.
Copies on the Internet Archive
Searched on 5 September 2026; no item with this title and year was found.