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PARDON MY WRENCH

A slapstick comedy about a suitor who attempts to impress his prospective father-in-law with his mechanical ability. Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay, Earl Baldwin; film editor, Edward W. Williams. Cast: Gil Lamb, Andy Clyde, Carol Hughes, George Wallace, Emil Sitka

Registration LP2467 Renewed

Term began
1952-12-30
Claimant
RKO Radio Pictures, ine
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE65526 filed 1980-08-29 by Marian B., Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6963002)
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 RE65526 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Marian B., Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1980-08-29
Original cited
LP2467 / 1952-12-30
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6963002: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE65526, registered 1980-08-29, for original registration LP2467 published 1952-12-30.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 16001–16015.

Summary: A slapstick comedy about a 
suitor who attempts to impress his prospec- 
tive father-in-law with his mechanical 
ability. 

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direc- 
tor, Hal Yates; screenplay, Earl Baldwin; 
film editor, Edward W. Williams. Cast: 

Gil Lamb, Andy Clyde, Carol Hughes, George 
Wallace, Emil Sitka. 

© RKO Radio Pictures, ine.; 30Dec52; 

LP2467. 

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