BEAT THE DEVIL
BEAT THE DEVIL. Santana Pictures, Los Angeles, and Romulus Films, London. Released in the U. S. by United Artists Corp. 93 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel of the same title by James Helvick
Registration LP3658 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1954-03-03
- Claimant
- Santana Pictures, inc
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1981-1983 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1983 (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 1981 or 1982 volume; volumes searched: 1981, 1982, 1983.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 1654–1662.
BEAT THE DEVIL. Santana Pictures, Los Angeles, and Romulus Films, London. Re- leased in the U. S. by United Artists Corp. 93 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel of the same title by James Helvick. © Santana Pictures, inc.; 3Mar54 (in notice; 1953); LP3658.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beat the Devil (1953) | 1953 | 583 | feature_films_unsorted, feature_films |
| Beat the Devil (1953) | 1953 | 464 | feature_films_unsorted, feature_films |
| Beat the Devil | 1953 | 461 | movie_trailers_unsorted, movie_trailers |
| BEAT THE DEVIL (Bogart) | 1954 | 387 | Comedy_Films, feature_films |
| Beat the Devil (1953) | 1953 | 279 | opensource_movies, fav-logenfurzer |
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