Public Reel

THE HOTTEST 500

THE HOTTEST 500. Universal Pictures Co, 2 reels, sd., color, 35 mm, A Universal- International picture

Registration MP5179 Renewed

Term began
1954-06-13
Claimant
Universal Pictures Co., inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE138649 filed 1982-09-20 by Universal City Studios, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7036125)
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 RE138649 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1982-09-20
Original cited
MP5179 / 1954-06-13
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7036125: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE138649, registered 1982-09-20, for original registration MP5179 published 1954-06-13.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 30978–30983.

THE HOTTEST 500. Universal Pictures Co, 
2 reels, sd., color, 35 mm, A Universal- 
International picture, 

© Universal Pictures Co., inc.; 13Jun54; 
MP5179. 

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