The Crime of Dr. Forbes

THE CRIME OF DR. FORBES. 1936. 7,000 ft., sd.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2031: registration LP6470 of 1936 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp was renewed (R334808); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2032.

Finding revision 153a6459, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, George Marshall; original screenplay, Frances Hyland, Saul Elkins; music director, Samuel Kaylin.

Registration LP6470 Renewed

Term began: 1936-06-26
Claimant: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R334808 filed 1964-03-25 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp (date+title; CCE 1964, OCR line 20477)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2032 (95 years from the 1936 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 R334808 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp (PWH)
Renewal date: 1964-03-25
Original cited: 16470 / 26Jun36
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1964: Internet Archive catalogofc19643181213libr, OCR text line 20477

THE CRIME OF DR. FORBES, a photoplay in 
7000 ft. by Twentieth Century-Fox 
Film Corp. © 26Jun36; 16470. 
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 
(PWH); 25Mar64; R334808. 
CRIMINAL LAWYER, a photoplay in seven

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 44317–44323.

  THE CRIME OF DR. FORBES. 1936. 7,000 ft., sd.

    Credits: Director, George Marshall; original screenplay, Frances
    Hyland, Saul Elkins; music director, Samuel Kaylin.

    © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 26Jun36; LP6470.

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