GUILTY BYSTANDER
-policeman out of a dipsomaniacal stupor. Filmed in New York City. Credits: Producers, Rex Carlton, Joseph Lerner; director, Joseph Lerner; screenplay, Don Ettlinger; music, Dimitri Tiomkin; film editor, Geraldine Lerner. Cast: Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland, Sam Levene, J. Edward Bromberg
Registration LP2954 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1950-01-31
- Claimant
- Laurel Films, 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 7000–7016.
his kidnapped son brings an ex-police- man out of a dipsomaniacal stupor. Filmed in New York City. 18 Credits: Producers, Rex Carlton, Joseph Lerner; director, Joseph Lerner; screen- play, Don Ettlinger; music, Dimitri Tiom- kin; film editor, Geraldine Lerner. Cast: Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland, Sam Levene, J. Edward Brom- berg. © Laurel Films, Inc.; 31Jan50; LP2954,
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilty Bystander | 1950 | 3,585 | Film_Noir, feature_films |
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