Public Reel

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

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
Dragon Seed (1944)194490opensource_movies, fav-eqeknj7

Matched by title and year on 5 September 2026; check that the item is this film and not a remake or a trailer.

Search the Internet Archive yourself · JSON