THE ZAYAT KISS
irst ina series of television mysteries featuring the villainous Dr. Fu- Manchu. Credits: Producer, Herbert Swope, Jr.; director, William Cameron Menzies; television plays, John L. Gerstad, Herbert Swope, Jr.; adapted by Sax Rohmer and Elizabeth Knox. Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, John Carradine. Rita Gam
Registration LP2422 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1952-06-23
- Claimant
- Herles Enterprises, inc
- Class
- LP — published 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 24772–24784.
Summary: First ina series of television mysteries featuring the villainous Dr. Fu- Manchu. Credits: Producer, Herbert Swope, Jr.; director, William Cameron Menzies; tele- vision plays, John L. Gerstad, Herbert Swope, Jr.; adapted by Sax Rohmer and Elizabeth Knox. Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, John Carradine. Rita Gam. © Herles Enterprises, inc.; 23Jun52; LP2422.
Copies on the Internet Archive
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