CATHERINE THE GREAT
CATHERINE THE GREAT. Released through United Artists. 1934. 10 reels, sd. Based on events in the life of Catharine II, Empress of Russia.
Producer, Alexander Korda; director, Paul Czinner; story and dialogue, Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis, Melchior Lengyel; scenario and continuity, Arthur Wimperis, Marjorie Deans; film editor, Stephen Harrison; music director, Muir Mathieson.
Registration LP4720 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1934-05-01
- Claimant
- London Film Productions, Inc., Ltd
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1961-1963 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1963 (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 1961 or 1962 volume; volumes searched: 1961, 1962, 1963.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 33515–33524.
CATHERINE THE GREAT. Released through United Artists. 1934. 10 reels,
sd. Based on events in the life of Catharine II, Empress of Russia.
Credits: Producer, Alexander Korda; director, Paul Czinner; story
and dialogue, Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis, Melchior Lengyel;
scenario and continuity, Arthur Wimperis, Marjorie Deans; film
editor, Stephen Harrison; music director, Muir Mathieson.
© London Film Productions, Inc., Ltd.; 1May34; LP4720.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rise of Catherine the Great | 1934 | 68,630 | feature_films_unsorted, feature_films |
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