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A Close Call for Boston Blackie

A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE. 6 reeis. Produced by John Stone; directed by Lew Landers; screen play by Ben Markson; story by Paul Yawitz.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2041: registration LP120 of 1946 by Columbia Pictures Corp was renewed (R545206); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2042.

Finding revision 7def27ea, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LP120 Renewed

Term began
1946-01-24
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal R545206 filed (date unreadable) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (number+date; CCE 1973, OCR line 16522)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2042 (95 years from the 1946 publication)

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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 R545206 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
5Feb733
Original cited
L120 / 24Jan46
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1973: Internet Archive catalogofc19733271213libr, OCR text line 16522
A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE, a 
photoplay in 6 reels by Columbia 
Pictures Corp. © 24Jan46; L120. 
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. 
(PWH); 5Feb733; R545206. 
CLUNY BROWN, a photoplay in 10 reels bj

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 68883–68893.

A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE. 6 reeis. 
Produced by John Stone; directed by Lew Landers; 
screen play by Ben Markson; story by Paul 
Yawitz. 

© 1-24-46; 2c 3-5-46, press book; Columbia 
Pictures Corp., author and claimant, Hollywood, 
Calif.; L 120, 


CLUNY BROWN. 10 reels.

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