MILLION DOLLAR CAT

Million dollar cat.

Registration LP12683 Renewed

Term began

1944-04-20

Claimant

Loew’s, inc.

Class

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

Finding

renewal R504858 filed (date unreadable) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (llm:number+date; CCE 1971, OCR line 24039)

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 R504858 (link: llm:number+date, title similarity 0.83)

Renewal claimant

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (PWH)

Renewal date

5 22Apr71

Original cited

112683 / 20Apri4

Source

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 24039

Inc. (PWH); 7May713 R505535. 
THE MILLION DOLLAR CAT, 2 photoplay in 
1 reel by Loew's. © 20Apri4; 112683. 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (PWH) 5 
22Apr71; R504858. 
MINE OF MISSING MEN. See 

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 '20Apri4' interpreted as 20Apr44 (1944-04-20) based on renewal date 1971. Original number '112683' likely LP12683 (OCR dropped 'P' and misread '2' as '1'? Actually '112683' matches LP12683 if 'LP' was dropped and '2' read as '1'? Wait, '112683' vs 'LP12683' - OCR often drops letters, so 'LP12683' becomes '12683' or '112683' with a leading '1' misread. Given context, it's LP12683. Renewal number matches requested R504858.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1944, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig171libr (OCR text), lines 17564–17565.

Million dollar cat. © Apr. 20, 1944; L 12683; 
Loew’s, inc., New York. 3992 

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