SCARFACE

SCARFACE. United Artists. Presented by Howard Hughes. 1932. 10 reels, sd. From the novel by Armitage Trail.

Producer, Howard Hawks; screen story, Ben Hecht; continuity and dialogue, Seton I. Miller, John Lee Mahin, W. R. Burnett; film editor, Edward Curtiss; music directors, Adolph Tandler, Gus Arnheim.

Registration LP3049 Renewed

Term began

1932-03-26

Claimant

The Caddo Co., Inc

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)

Finding

renewal R255614 filed 1960-03-09 by Hughes Tool Co (number+title; CCE 1960, OCR line 20253)

Enters the public domain

1 January 2028 (95 years from the 1932 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 R255614 (link: number+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant

Hughes Tool Co (PWH)

Renewal date

1960-03-09

Original cited

LP3049 / 26Mar52

Source

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1960: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3141213libr, OCR text line 20253

1Feb60; R251308. ' 
SCARFACE, a photoplay in ten reels by 
the Caddo Go., Inc. © 26Mar52; 
LP3049. Hughes Tool Co. (PWH); 
9Mar60; R255614.' 
SCARFACE, SHAME OF THE NATION, a photo- 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 211163–211172.

  SCARFACE. United Artists. Presented by Howard Hughes. 1932. 10 reels,
    sd. From the novel by Armitage Trail.

    Credits: Producer, Howard Hawks; screen story, Ben Hecht; continuity
    and dialogue, Seton I. Miller, John Lee Mahin, W. R. Burnett; film
    editor, Edward Curtiss; music directors, Adolph Tandler, Gus
    Arnheim.

    © The Caddo Co., Inc.; 26Mar32; LP3049.

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