Come Across

COME ACROSS. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject) Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1938. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2033: registration LP8060 of 1938 by Loew's, Inc was renewed (R361575); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2034.

Finding revision 94c453f7, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Harold S. Bucquet; story and screenplay, John C. Higgins.

Registration LP8060 Renewed

Term began: 1938-05-18
Claimant: Loew's, Inc
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R361575 filed 1965-05-20 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (number+date; CCE 1965, OCR line 20447)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2034 (95 years from the 1938 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 R361575 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1965-05-20
Original cited: L8060 / 18May38
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1965: Internet Archive catalogofc19653191213libr, OCR text line 20447

(PWH); 12Mar65; R357224. 
COME ACROSS, a photoplay in two reels 
by Loew's. © 18May38; L8060. 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (PWH); 
20May65; R361575. 
COMMUNITY SING, a series of motion

Renewal R363027 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date: —
Original cited: None / QJun65
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1965: Internet Archive catalogofc19653191213libr, OCR text line 20463

4. © 8Jun37; MP7530. 
R359457. 
5. © 21Ju137; MP7630. 9QJun65; 
R363027. - 
15Apr65;

Low confidence: neither the number nor the date in this record could be read; the title alone matched, and it is the only such title in the renewal window.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 40601–40608.

  COME ACROSS. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject) Presented by
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1938. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

    Credits: Director, Harold S. Bucquet; story and screenplay, John C.
    Higgins.

    © Loew's, Inc.; 18May38; LP8060.

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