SHADOWLAND
roblems in constructing a shadow play stage and shows the use of the screen and rear light. Presents several short scenes from shadow plays which illustrate possible uses of shadow figures and the scope that can be developed by this medium. Credits: Director, Hyman R. Cohen; art director, Jero Magon
Registration MP3579 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1952-12-15
- Claimant
- Lester Unter
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1979-1981 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1981 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)
A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.
A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1979 or 1980 volume; volumes searched: 1979, 1980, 1981.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 18490–18501.
figure. Discusses the major problems in constructing a shadow play stage and shows the use of the screen and rear light. Pre- sents several short scenes from shadow plays which illustrate possible uses of shad- ow figures and the scope that can be devel- oped by this medium. Credits: Director, Hyman R. Cohen; art director, Jero Magon. © Lester Unter; 15Dec52; MP3579.
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