THE MASKED RIDER
THE MASKED RIDER. Apex Film Corp., 1949. 26 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A Lone Ranger Western for television, Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; director, George B. Seitz, Jr.; screenplay, Tom Seller; film editor, Frank Capacchione
Registration LP399 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-12-15
- 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.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 39210–39219.
THE MASKED RIDER. Apex Film Corp., 1949. 26 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A Lone Ranger Western for television, Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; direc- tor, George B. Seitz, Jr.; screenplay, Tom Seller; film editor, Frank Capacchione. © The Lone Ranger, Inc.; 15Dec49; LP399.
Copies on the Internet Archive
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