Public Reel

MARK OF THE GORILLA

ptures a band of thieves, who, disguised as gorillas, plot to steal a buried African tribal treasure. Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Bill Berke; screenplay, Carroil Young; film editor, Henry Batista. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Selmer Jackson, Suzanne Dalbert, Trudy Marshall, Onslow Stevens

Registration LP2899 No renewal found

Term began
1955-03-15
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1982-1984 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
In the public domain since
1 January 1984 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 10222–10239.

Summary: Jungle Jim captures a band 
of thieves, who, disguised as gorillas, 
plot to steal a buried African tribal 
treasure. 

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; 
director, Bill Berke; screenplay, Car- 
roil Young; film editor, Henry Batista. 


Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Selmer Jack- 


son, Suzanne Dalbert, Trudy Marshall, 
Onslow Stevens. 

© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 15Mars50; 
LP2899. 

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