Public Reel

HALFWAY TO HEAVEN

Halfway to heaven.

Registration LP12834 Renewed

Term began
1944-08-25
Claimant
Paramount pictures, inc.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R519318 filed 1971-12-17 by Paramount Pictures Corp (digits+title; CCE 1971, OCR line 57288)
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 R519318 (link: digits+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1971-12-17
Original cited
112834 / BSAught4
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1971: Internet Archive catalogofc19713251213libr, OCR text line 57288
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, a photoplay in 2 
reels by Paramount Pictures. 
© BSAught4; 112834. Paramount Pictures 
Corp. (PWH); 17Dec71; R519318. 
HARMONY HIGHWAY. See 
AL DONAHUE AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN 
HARMONY HIGHWAY. 

Renewal R523785 (link: llm:date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
National Telefilm Associates, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1972-02-03
Original cited
112834 / 25Augt4
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1972: Internet Archive catalogofc19723261213libr, OCR text line 27388
H 
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, a photoplay in 2 reels 
by Paramount Pictures. © 25Augt4; 
112834. National Telefilm Associates, 
Inc. (PWH); 3Feb72; R523785. 
HAND OF VENGEANCE. 

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 '25Augt4' interpreted as 25Aug44 based on renewal date 3Feb72 (27.5 years later). Original number '112834' likely L12834 (LP prefix, '1' misread as '1' but standard prefix LP).”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1944, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig171libr (OCR text), lines 26745–26746.

Halfway to heaven. © Aug. 25, 1944; L 12834; Para- 
mount pictures, inc., New York. 5518 

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