Public Reel

SO YOU WANT TO BE A MUSICIAN

hort subject. Summary: When Joe McDoakes fails as a gypsy fiddler and a symphony orchestra cymbalist, he continues his musical career as a one-man band. Credits: Directed and written by Richard Bare; original story, George O'Hanlon; music, William Lava; film editor, Rex Steele. Cast: George O'Hanlon

Registration MP3174 Renewed

Term began
1952-12-30
Claimant
The Vitaphone Corp
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE51487 filed 1980-02-20 by Warner Brothers, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6948963)
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 RE51487 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Warner Brothers, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1980-02-20
Original cited
MP3174 / 1952-12-30
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6948963: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE51487, registered 1980-02-20, for original registration MP3174 published 1952-12-30.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 18959–18971.

Bros. short subject. 

Summary: When Joe McDoakes fails as a 
gypsy fiddler and a symphony orchestra 
cymbalist, he continues his musical career 
as a one-man band. 

Credits: Directed and written by Richard 
Bare; original story, George O'Hanlon; 
music, William Lava; film editor, Rex 
Steele. Cast: George O'Hanlon. 

© The Vitaphone Corp.; 30Dec52; MP3174. 

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