Public Reel

HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN

Hour before the dawn; adapted from the novel, by Somerset Maugham.

Registration LP12645 Renewed

Term began
1944-03-24
Claimant
Paramount pictures, inc.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R505089 filed (date unreadable) by Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc (digits+date; CCE 1971, OCR line 23664)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2040 (95 years from the 1944 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 R505089 (link: digits+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
e3Apr71
Original cited
112645 / 24Mar44
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 23664
HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN, a photoplay in 7 
reels a Paramount Pictures. 
© 24Mar44; 112645. Emka, division of 
Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH); 
e3Apr71; R505089. 
HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL, a photoplay in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1944, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig171libr (OCR text), lines 13993–13995.

Hour before the dawn; adapted from the novel, by 
Somerset Maugham. © Mar. 24, 1944; L 12645; 
Paramount pictures, inc., New York. 3403 

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