First & the Last

21 days together; based on John Galworthy’s story The first and the last.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2035: registration LP9594 of 1940 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R408450); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2036.

Finding revision 125f8ecc, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LP9594 Renewed

Term began: 1940-04-18
Claimant: Columbia pictures corp.
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R408450 filed (date unreadable) by London Film Productions, Ltd (number+date; CCE 1967, OCR line 17245)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2036 (95 years from the 1940 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 R408450 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.03)

Renewal claimant: London Film Productions, Ltd (PWH)
Renewal date: —
Original cited: LP9594 / 18Apr40
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1967: Internet Archive catalogofc19673211213libr, OCR text line 17245

21 DAYS TOGETHER, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. 
© 18Apr40; LP9594. London Film 
Productions, Ltd. (PWH); 19Apr67; 
R4OB450. 
TWO GIRLS ON BROADWAY, a photoplay

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1940, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig131libr (OCR text), lines 22071–22074.

21 days together; based on John Gal- 
worthy’s story The first and the last. 
© Apr. 18, 1940; L 9594; Columbia 
pictures corp., Los Angeles. 3466

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