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BITTER SWEET

BITTER SWEET. A British and Dominion Production. 1933. 10 reels, sd. Based on the operetta by Noel Coward.

Director, Herbert Wilcox; dialogue and lyrics, Noel Coward.

Registration LP4127 No renewal found

Term began
1933-09-15
Claimant
United Artists Corp
Author
Noel Coward, author
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1960-1962 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1962 (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 1960 or 1961 volume; volumes searched: 1960, 1961, 1962.

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 LP4127.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 19262–19268.

  BITTER SWEET. A British and Dominion Production. 1933. 10 reels, sd.
    Based on the operetta by Noel Coward.

    Credits: Director, Herbert Wilcox; dialogue and lyrics, Noel Coward.

    © United Artists Corp. (Noel Coward, author); 15Sep33; LP4127.

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