A Criminal Is Born

A CRIMINAL IS BORN. (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 LP8126 of 1938 by Loew's, Inc was renewed (R364206); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2034.

Finding revision fed2e312, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Leslie Fenton; original story and screenplay, Karl Kamb.

Registration LP8126 Renewed

Term began: 1938-06-28
Claimant: Loew's, Inc
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R364206 filed 1965-06-28 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (date+title; CCE 1965, OCR line 41439)
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 R364206 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1965-06-28
Original cited: 18126 / 28Jun38
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1965: Internet Archive catalogofc19653191213libr, OCR text line 41439

40ct65; R369575. 
A CRIMINAL IS BORN, a photoplay in twc 
reels by Loew's. © 28Jun38; 18126. 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (PWH); 
28Jun65; R364206. 
CROSS WIND TAKE OFF AND LANDING.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 44430–44437.

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

    Credits: Director, Leslie Fenton; original story and screenplay,
    Karl Kamb.

    © Loew's, Inc.; 28Jun38; LP8126.

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