DRAGON SEED
Dragon seed; based on the novel, by Pearl S. Buck.
Registration LP12741 Renewed
- Term began
- 1944-07-20
- Claimant
- Loew’s, inc.
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
- Finding
- renewal R509580 filed 1971-07-23 by L1e741. Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (title+window; CCE 1971, OCR line 56929)
- 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 R509580 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- L1e741. Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1971-07-23
- Original cited
- None / 20dul44
- Source
- Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 56929
R511866 . DRAGON SEED, a photoplay in 15 reels by Loew's. © 20dul44; L1e741. Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (PWH); 23Ju171; R509580. THE DREAM KIDS, a photoplay in 1 reel by
Low confidence: neither the number nor the date in this record could be read; the title alone matched, and it is the only such title in the renewal window.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1944, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig171libr (OCR text), lines 22863–22865.
Dragon seed; based on the novel, by Pearl S. Buck. © July 20, 1944; L 12741; Loew’s, inc., New York. 4881
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Seed (1944) | 1944 | 90 | opensource_movies, fav-eqeknj7 |
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