THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. British Lion Studio Co., London. Released in the U.S. by Warner Bros. Pictures, 1954. 94 min., sd., color, 35 mm. Technicolor. Based on the play of the same title by John Gay
Registration LP4108 Renewed
- Term began
- 1954-11-04
- Claimant
- Warner Bros. Pictures, inc
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- renewal RE131467 filed 1982-06-07 by Warner Brothers, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7028942)
- Enters the public domain
- 1 January 2050 (95 years from the 1954 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 RE131467 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Warner Brothers, Inc. (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1982-06-07
- Original cited
- LP4108 / 1954-11-04
- Source
- U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7028942: record in the Copyright Public Records System
Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE131467, registered 1982-06-07, for original registration LP4108 published 1954-11-04.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 26819–26826.
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. British Lion Studio Co., London. Released in the U.S. by Warner Bros. Pictures, 1954. 94 min., sd., color, 35 mm. Technicolor. Based on the play of the same title by John Gay. © Warner Bros. Pictures, inc.; 4Nov54; LP4108.
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