Public Reel

DICK TRACY

DICK TRACY. 1937. 2 reels each, except no. 1 which is 3 reels, sd. Based on the cartoon strip by Chester Gould.

Associate producer, J. Laurence Wickland; directors, Ray Taylor, Alan James; original story, Morgan Cox, George Morgan; screenplay, Barry Shipman, Winston Miller.

Registration LP7085 No renewal found

Term began
1937-03-05
Claimant
Republic Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1964-1966 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1966 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1964 or 1965 volume; volumes searched: 1964, 1965, 1966.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP7085.

Registration LP7234 No renewal found

Term began
1937-05-13
Claimant
Republic Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1964-1966 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1966 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1964 or 1965 volume; volumes searched: 1964, 1965, 1966.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP7234.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 52803–52812.

  DICK TRACY. 1937. 2 reels each, except no. 1 which is 3 reels, sd.
    Based on the cartoon strip by Chester Gould.

    Credits: Associate producer, J. Laurence Wickland; directors, Ray
    Taylor, Alan James; original story, Morgan Cox, George Morgan;
    screenplay, Barry Shipman, Winston Miller.

    © Republic Pictures Corp.; no. 1-6, 5Mar37; LP7085; no. 7-15,
    13May37; LP7234.

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