JP5721- THE WALTER WINCHELL FILE

7. Where is Louise Melk?

Registration LP9940 (part 7: Where is Louise Melk?) Renewed

Term began: 1957-08-21
Claimant: 17Jul573 LP10288
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding: renewal RE273141 filed 1985-12-20 by Republic Pictures Corporation (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7169791)
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 claimant: Republic Pictures Corporation (PWH)
Renewal date: 1985-12-20
Original cited: LP9940 / 1957-08-21
Source: U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7169791: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE273141, registered 1985-12-20, for original registration LP9940 published 1957-08-21.

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1958, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li (OCR text), lines 15645–15649.

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