A Chinaman's Chance

A CHINAMAN'S CHANCE. (A Flip the Frog Cartoon) 1933. 1 reel, sd.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2028: registration MP4147 of 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp was renewed (R272365); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2029.

Finding revision 1805802a, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration MP4147 Renewed

Term began: 1933-06-27
Claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R272365 filed 1961-03-13 by Exclusive Pictures Corp (number+date; CCE 1961, OCR line 24328)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2029 (95 years from the 1933 publication)

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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 R272365 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Exclusive Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-03-13
Original cited: M4147 / 27Jun33
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 24328

A CHINAMAN'S CHANCE, a motion picture in 
one reel by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 
© 27Jun33; M4147. Exclusive Pictures 
Corp. (PWH); 13Mar61; R272365. 
CLOSE RELATIONS, a photoplay in two 
reels by Vitaphone Corp. © 12Sep33;

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 36559–36562.

  A CHINAMAN'S CHANCE. (A Flip the Frog Cartoon) 1933. 1 reel, sd.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.; 27Jun33; MP4147.

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