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Corp., 1953. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Joe McDoakes comedy) A Warner Bros, short subject. Summary: A comedy. Joe McDoakes' purchase of a television set disrupts his peaceful home life. Credits: Directed and written by Richard Bare; story, George O'Hanlon; music, William Lava; film editor, Rex Steele
Registration MP3587 Renewed
- Term began
- 1953-06-08
- Claimant
- The Vitaphone Corp
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- renewal RE81552 filed 1981-01-28 by Warner Brothers, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6979028)
- Enters the public domain
- 1 January 2049 (95 years from the 1953 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 RE81552 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Warner Brothers, Inc. (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1981-01-28
- Original cited
- MP3587 / 1953-06-08
- Source
- U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6979028: record in the Copyright Public Records System
Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE81552, registered 1981-01-28, for original registration MP3587 published 1953-06-08.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 18941–18953.
phone Corp., 1953. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Joe McDoakes comedy) A Warner Bros, short subject. Summary: A comedy. Joe McDoakes' purchase of a television set disrupts his peaceful home life. Credits: Directed and written by Richard Bare; story, George O'Hanlon; music, Wil- liam Lava; film editor, Rex Steele. © The Vitaphone Corp.; 8Jun53; MP3587.
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