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THE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO

THE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO, Valiant Films, London. Released in the U. S. by Columbia Pictures Corp. 10 reels, sd., b&w, 35 mm, A Romulus film. Based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Monsarrat

Registration LP9471 Renewed

Term began
1957-10-01
Claimant
Valiant Films, Ltd
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE254360 filed 1985-07-15 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7151009)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2053 (95 years from the 1957 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 RE254360 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1985-07-15
Original cited
LP9471 / 1957-10-01
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7151009: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE254360, registered 1985-07-15, for original registration LP9471 published 1957-10-01.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1957, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li (OCR text), lines 42165–42174.

THE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO, Vali- 
ant Films, London. Released in the 
U. S. by Columbia Pictures Corp. 

10 reels, sd., b&w, 35 mm, A Romu- 
lus film. Based on the novel of the 
same title by Nicholas Monsarrat. 

© Valiant Films, Ltd.; 10ct57; 
LP9471. 

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