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&w, 35mm. (Joe McDoakes Comedy) A Warner Bros. short subject. : Summary: Joe McDoakes and his wife visit a psychiatrist who hypnotizes them and transposes their personalities. Credits: Directed and written by Richard Bare; original story, George O'Hanlon; music, William Lava; film editor, Rex Steele
Registration MP2978 Renewed
- Term began
- 1952-11-24
- Claimant
- The Vitaphone Corp
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- renewal RE51482 filed 1980-02-20 by Warner Brothers, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6948958)
- Enters the public domain
- 1 January 2048 (95 years from the 1952 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 RE51482 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Warner Brothers, Inc. (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1980-02-20
- Original cited
- MP2978 / 1952-11-24
- Source
- U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6948958: record in the Copyright Public Records System
Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE51482, registered 1980-02-20, for original registration MP2978 published 1952-11-24.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1952, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig361213lib (OCR text), lines 50214–50227.
Vitaphone Corp., 1952. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Joe McDoakes Comedy) A Warner Bros. short subject. : Summary: Joe McDoakes and his wife visit a psychiatrist who hypnotizes them and transposes their personalities. Credits: Directed and written by Richard Bare; original story, George O'Hanlon; music, William Lava; film editor, Rex Steele. © The Vitaphone Corp.; 24Nov52; MP2978.
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