Public Reel

WANNA BET?

Corp., 1952. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (World of Sports) Summary: Emphasizes the popularity of betting on sports events in Miami. Includes scenes of horse racing at Hialeah, the greyhound races, and hi-li, the Spanish national game. Credits: Producer and director, Harry Foster; music, Jack Shaindlin

Registration MP2490 Renewed

Term began
1952-06-12
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE49531 filed 1980-02-13 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6947007)
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 RE49531 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1980-02-13
Original cited
MP2490 / 1952-06-12
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6947007: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE49531, registered 1980-02-13, for original registration MP2490 published 1952-06-12.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1952, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig361213lib (OCR text), lines 53040–53054.

WANNA BET? Columbia Pictures Corp., 
1952. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (World of 
Sports) 

Summary: Emphasizes the popularity of 
betting on sports events in Miami. Includes 
scenes of horse racing at Hialeah, the grey- 
hound races, and hi-li, the Spanish national 
game. 

Credits: Producer and director, Harry 
Foster; music, Jack Shaindlin. 

© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 12Jun52; 
MP2490. 

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