Christopher Bean

CHRISTOPHER BEAN. 1933. 9 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the play "The Late Christopher Bean," adapted by Sidney Howard from the play "Prenez Garde à la Peinture" by René Fauchois.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2028: registration LP4281 of 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp was renewed (R266374); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2029.

Finding revision 444d4080, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Associate producer, Harry Rapf; director, Sam Wood; screenplay, Sylvia Thalberg, Laurence E. Johnson; film editor, Hugh Wynn.

Registration LP4281 Renewed

Term began: 1933-11-17
Claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R266374 filed 1960-11-18 by Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Inc (number+title; CCE 1960, OCR line 45549)
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 R266374 (link: number+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1960-11-18
Original cited: L4281 / 17Novd3
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1960: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3141213libr, OCR text line 45549

CHRISTOPHER BEAN, a photoplay in nine 
reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 
© 17Novd3; L4281. Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer, Inc. (PWH); 18Nov60; R266374. 
CHRISTOPHER STRONG, a Photoplay in nine 
reels by RKO Radio Pictures.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 37071–37080.

  CHRISTOPHER BEAN. 1933. 9 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the play "The
    Late Christopher Bean," adapted by Sidney Howard from the play
    "Prenez Garde à la Peinture" by René Fauchois.

    Credits: Associate producer, Harry Rapf; director, Sam Wood;
    screenplay, Sylvia Thalberg, Laurence E. Johnson; film editor, Hugh
    Wynn.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.; 17Nov33; LP4281.

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