Public Reel

CHINA DOLL

CHINA DOLL. Columbia Pictures Corp., 1950. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm. (Cavalcade of Broadway Series) Summary: Danton Walker presents a glimpse into New York nightlife at the China Doll. Credits: Producer and director, Harry Foster; music, Erwin Kent

Registration MP872 Renewed

Term began
1950-12-28
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE1599 filed 1978-03-20 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6899082)
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 RE1599 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1978-03-20
Original cited
MP872 / 1950-12-28
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6899082: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE1599, registered 1978-03-20, for original registration MP872 published 1950-12-28.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1951, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri351213libr (OCR text), lines 3239–3252.

CHINA DOLL. Columbia Pictures Corp., 
1950. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm. (Cavalcade 
of Broadway Series) 

Summary: Danton Walker presents a 
glimpse into New York nightlife at the 
China Doll. 

Credits: Producer and director, Harry 


Foster; music, Erwin Kent. 
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 28Dec50; 
MP872. 

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