LADY IN THE DARK

Lady inthe dark; based upon the play, by Moss Hart.

Registration LP12686 Renewed

Term began

1944-02-09

Claimant

Paramount pictures, inc.

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)

Finding

renewal R502740 filed (date unreadable) by 112686. Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc (llm:number+date; CCE 1971, OCR line 23880)

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 R502740 (link: llm:number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant

112686. Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc (PWH)

Renewal date

—

Original cited

None / 9Feb4

Source

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 23880

R505616. 
LADY IN THE DARK; a photoplay in 10 
reels by Paramount Pictures. © 9Feb4.4; 
112686. Emka, division of Universal 
City Studios, Inc. (PWH); 1Mar715 
R502740. 

This link was made after a language model re-read the damaged OCR (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro); the reading was accepted only because the number and date or title it reported agree with the catalog. Its note: “Original date '9Feb4.4' interpreted as 9Feb44 (1944-02-09). Original number '112686' interpreted as LP12686 (common OCR drop of 'P'). Renewal date '1Mar715' interpreted as 1Mar71 (1971-03-01) with trailing '5' as noise.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1944, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig171libr (OCR text), lines 17479–17481.

Lady inthe dark; based upon the play, by Moss Hart. 
© Feb. 9, 1944; L 12686; Paramount pictures, 
inc., New York. 3979 

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