BROTHER JOHN
N. Universal-International, 1950. 10 min., sd., bkw, 35mm. (Cartoon Melodies Series) Summary: A musical short featuring "T Want My Mama," "Sleepy Time Gal," and "Are You Sleeping Brother John?” Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; animation supervised by Dave Fleischer; voices, The King's Men
Registration MP700 Renewed
- Term began
- 1950-10-18
- Claimant
- Universal Pictures Co., Inc
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- renewal RE2494 filed 1978-04-27 by Universal City Studios, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6899977)
- Enters the public domain
- 1 January 2046 (95 years from the 1950 publication)
A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.
Renewal RE2494 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1978-04-27
- Original cited
- MP700 / 1950-10-18
- Source
- U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6899977: record in the Copyright Public Records System
Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE2494, registered 1978-04-27, for original registration MP700 published 1950-10-18.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 32351–32364.
BROTHER JOHN. Universal-International, 1950. 10 min., sd., bkw, 35mm. (Cartoon Melodies Series) Summary: A musical short featuring "T Want My Mama," "Sleepy Time Gal," and "Are You Sleeping Brother John?” Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; animation supervised by Dave Fleischer; voices, The King's Men. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 18Oct50; MP700.
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