Public Reel

MELODY MOODS

, 1950. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series) Summary: A musical short featuring the songs "Memories," "Bedelia," and "In My Merry Oldsmobile." Designed for audience participation. Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; animation supervised by Dave Fleischer; voices, The King's Men

Registration MP431 No renewal found

Term began
1950-06-09
Claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc
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 39336–39349.

1950. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sing and 
Be Happy Series) 

Summary: A musical short featuring 
the songs "Memories," "Bedelia," and 
"In My Merry Oldsmobile." Designed for 
audience participation. 

Credits: Producer and director, Will 
Cowan; animation supervised by Dave 
Fleischer; voices, The King's Men. 

© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 9Jun50 
(in notice: 1949); MP431. 

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