Public Reel

ENTER THE LONE RANGER

ENTER THE LONE RANGER. Apex Film Corp., 1949. 26 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on a radio script edited by Fran Striker. Summary: A Lone Ranger Western for television. — Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; director and author of screenplay, George B. Seitz, Jr

Registration LP186 No renewal found

Term began
1949-09-15
Claimant
The Lone Ranger, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1976-1978 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
In the public domain since
1 January 1978 (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 1976 or 1977 volume; volumes searched: 1976, 1977, 1978.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP186.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 34668–34681.

ENTER THE LONE RANGER. Apex Film 
Corp., 1949. 26 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. 
Based on a radio script edited by Fran 
Striker. 

Summary: A Lone Ranger Western for 
television. — 

Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; direc- 
tor and author of screenplay, George B. 
Seitz, Jr. 

© The Lone Ranger, Inc.; 15Sep49; 
LP186. 

Copies on the Internet Archive

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
Enter the Lone Ranger1949266,824classic_tv_1940s, classic_tv
Enter The Lone Ranger194951,243feature_films_unsorted, feature_films
The Lone Ranger 1949 (S01E01) Enter The Lone Ranger19491,800classic_tv_1940s, classic_tv

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