CREATION OF A PORTRAIT

sky, demonstrates the steps taken in the painting of a portrait. Shows the form, design, and texture of the underpainting and how glazes are applied to the painting in order to achieve the desired depth and glow of color. Credits: Produced, directed, and written by J. R. Kray; narrator, John Nesbitt

Registration MP456 No renewal found

Term began: 1950-06-08
Claimant: J. R. Kray
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a 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.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 33537–33549.

Summary: The painter, Mr. Warshawsky, 
demonstrates the steps taken in the paint- 
ing of a portrait. Shows the form, design, 
and texture of the underpainting and how 
glazes are applied to the painting in order 
to achieve the desired depth and glow of 
color. 

Credits: Produced, directed, and 
written by J. R. Kray; narrator, John 
Nesbitt. 

© J. R. Kray; 8Jun50; MP456.

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