Public Reel

THE CROOKED CIRCLE

THE CROOKED CIRCLE. Presented by E. W. Hammons. 1932. 70 min., sd.

Producer, William Sistrom; director, H. Bruce Humberstone; screenplay, Ralph Spence; additional dialogue, Tim Whelan.

Registration LP3549 Renewed

Term began
1932-09-25
Claimant
William Sistrom
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R258436 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+year; CCE 1960, OCR line 19166)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2028 (95 years from the 1932 publication)

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 R258436 (link: number+year, title similarity 0.00)

Renewal claimant
Renewal date
Original cited
LP3549 / None
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1960: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3141213libr, OCR text line 19166
Trapped by the enemy. © 120ct32; 
LP3322. 17dun60; ROSSESI. 
The jungle terror. 
LP3549. 17Jun60; R258436. 
10. Ambushed. © 280ct32; MP3601. 
17Jun60; R258469. 
11. The lion's fury. 

Low confidence. This number was found loose in a stretch of OCR where two printed columns are interleaved, so its own © date clause could not be read; the link rests on the number and the renewal year alone. Read the page image before relying on it.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 44717–44723.

  THE CROOKED CIRCLE. Presented by E. W. Hammons. 1932. 70 min., sd.

    Credits: Producer, William Sistrom; director, H. Bruce Humberstone;
    screenplay, Ralph Spence; additional dialogue, Tim Whelan.

    © William Sistrom; 25Sep32; LP3549.

Copies on the Internet Archive

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
The Crooked Circle193230,441Comedy_Films, feature_films
The Crooked Circle (1932; smallest download)1932116opensource_movies, fav-berrygin

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