GUNS OF THE LAW

GUNS OF THE LAW. 6 reels. Produced by Arthur Alexander; direction and original screen play by Elmer Clifton; musical direction by Lee Zahler,

Registration LP437 No renewal found

Term began

1944-03-31

Claimant

P. R.C. Pictures, Inc.

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)

Finding

no renewal entry found for 1971-1973 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections

In the public domain since

1 January 1973 (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 1971 or 1972 volume; volumes searched: 1971, 1972, 1973.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 72304–72313.

GUNS OF THE LAW. 6 reels. 
Produced by Arthur Alexander; direction and 
original screen play by Elmer Clifton; musical 
direction by Lee Zahler, 
© 3-31-44; 2c 7-15-46, press book; P. R.C. 
Pictures, Inc., author and claimant, New York; 
L 437, 


A GUY COULD CHANGE, 7 reels. 

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