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SADIE HAWKINS DAY

Sadie Hawkins Day in the comic strip entitled Li'l Abner; explains how Sadie Hawkins Day is celebrated every fall in schools, churches and communities; includes scenes of the celebration at Morris Harvey College in Charleston, W. Va. Credits: Director, Justin Herman; music director, Winston Sharples

Registration MP1540 No renewal found

Term began
1995-11-30
Claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 2022-2024 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
In the public domain since
1 January 2024 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1951, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri351213libr (OCR text), lines 44137–44149.

Summary: Describes the origin of Sadie 
Hawkins Day in the comic strip entitled 
Li'l Abner; explains how Sadie Hawkins Day 
is celebrated every fall in schools, churches 
and communities; includes scenes of the 
celebration at Morris Harvey College in 
Charleston, W. Va. 

Credits: Director, Justin Herman; music 
director, Winston Sharples. 

© Paramount Pictures Corp.; 30Nov951; 
MP1540. 

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