AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR

. via West-Marquis, 1950. 28 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A highway safety film which presents some common minor violations and shows how such violations can lead to tragedy and death. Credits: Screenplay, Charles Palmer; narrator, James Stewart; music director, Eliot Daniel; film editor, Roy Luby

Registration LP248 No renewal found

Term began

1950-04-26

Claimant

General Petroleum Corp

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)

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 31171–31185.

leum Corp. via West-Marquis, 1950. 

28 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. 

Summary: A highway safety film which 
presents some common minor violations 
and shows how such violations can lead to 
tragedy and death. 

Credits: Screenplay, Charles Palmer; 
narrator, James Stewart; music director, 
Eliot Daniel; film editor, Roy Luby. 

© General Petroleum Corp.; 26Apr50; 
LP248. 

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