HOLD THE LION, PLEASE

Chap. no. 7, Out of the past. 23, 1941; L 11385. Chap. no. 8. Escape to peril. 26, 1941; L 11386. Chap. no. 9, Sealed in silence.

Registration LP11387 (part 7: Out of the past. 23, 1941; L 11385. Chap. no. 8. Escape to peril. 26, 1941; L 11386. Chap. no. 9, Sealed in silence) No renewal found

Term began

1941-12-27

Claimant

How to hold your husband—back ; based on a story by Clara Belle Thompson & Margaret Lukes Wise

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.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1942, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig15libr (OCR text), lines 19805–19815.

Chap. no. 7, Out of the past. 
23, 1941; L 11385. 
Chap. no. 8. Escape to peril. 
26, 1941; L 11386. 
Chap. no. 9, Sealed in silence. © Dec. 
27, 1941; L 11387. 


How to hold your husband—back ; based 
on a story by Clara Belle Thompson 
& Margaret Lukes Wise. © Dec. 29, 

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