Public Reel

BYWAYS TO BROADWAY

BYWAYS TO BROADWAY. Universal Pictures Co. 1 reel, sd., b&’w, 35mm, (Variety view) A Universal-International picture

Registration MP4231 Renewed

Term began
1953-11-16
Claimant
Universal Pictures Co., inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE81947 filed 1981-02-09 by Universal City Studios, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6979423)
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 RE81947 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1981-02-09
Original cited
MP4231 / 1953-11-16
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6979423: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE81947, registered 1981-02-09, for original registration MP4231 published 1953-11-16.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 2499–2504.

BYWAYS TO BROADWAY. Universal Pictures 
Co. 1 reel, sd., b&’w, 35mm, (Variety view) 
A Universal-International picture. 

© Universal Pictures Co., inc.; 16Nov53; 
MP4231. 

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