Public Reel

TOPPER RETURNS

Topper returns.

Registration LP10436 No renewal found

Term began
1941-04-14
Claimant
Hal Roach studios, inc.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1968-1970 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1970 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1968 or 1969 volume; volumes searched: 1968, 1969, 1970.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP10436.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1941, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig141libr (OCR text), lines 22254–22256.

Topper returns. © Apr. 14, 1941; L 
10436; Hal Roach studios, inc., New 
York. 3339 

Copies on the Internet Archive

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
Topper Returns1941171,237Comedy_Films, feature_films
Topper Returns194112,779Comedy_Films, feature_films
Topper Returns trailer19414,486movie_trailers_unsorted, movie_trailers
Topper Returns (1941 Classic, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller)19413,007opensource_movies, community
Topper Returns (1941)1941660opensource_movies, fav-idunno2

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