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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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