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THE SECRET WITNESS

THE SECRET WITNESS. 1931. 7 reels, sd. Based on the novel "Murder in the Gilded Cage" by Samuel Spewack.

Director, Thornton Freeland; screenplay, Samuel Spewack; editor, L. H. Sackin.

Registration LP2654 Renewed

Term began
1931-11-24
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R226647 filed 1958-12-11 by Columbia Pictures Corp (number+date; CCE 1958, OCR line 47856)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2027 (95 years from the 1931 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 R226647 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-12-11
Original cited
LP2654 / 24Nov31
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 47856
THE SECRET WITNESS, a photoplay in 
seven reels by Columbia Pictures 
Corp. © 24Nov31; LP2654. Columbia 
Pictures Corp. (PWH); 11Dec58; 
R226647. 
SECRETS OF A SECRETARY, a photoplay in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 213956–213963.

  THE SECRET WITNESS. 1931. 7 reels, sd. Based on the novel "Murder in
    the Gilded Cage" by Samuel Spewack.

    Credits: Director, Thornton Freeland; screenplay, Samuel Spewack;
    editor, L. H. Sackin.

    © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 24Nov31; LP2654.

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