Public Reel

ON TRIAL

The case of the forgotten man, by Don M, Mankiewicz

Registration LP9279 No renewal found

Term began
1957-02-15
Claimant
Fordyce Enterprises Productions
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1984-1986 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
In the public domain since
1 January 1986 (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 1984 or 1985 volume; volumes searched: 1984, 1985, 1986.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP9279.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1957, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li (OCR text), lines 39325–39328.

The case of the forgotten man, by 
Don M, Mankiewicz. © Fordyce 
Enterprises Productions; 15Feb57; 
LP9279. 

Copies on the Internet Archive

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
Town on Trial19571,983opensource_movies, community

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