Public Reel

GUNS OF THE LAW

A GUY COULD CHANGE, 7 reels. Directed by William K. Howard; screen play by Al Martin; based on a story by F. Hugh Herbert.

Registration LP52 Renewed

Term began
1945-12-11
Claimant
Republic Pictures Corp.
Author
Republic Productions, Inc.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal R548952 filed 1973-03-29 by Repix, Inc (number+date; CCE 1973, OCR line 17238)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2041 (95 years from the 1945 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 R548952 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.06)

Renewal claimant
Repix, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1973-03-29
Original cited
L52 / 11Dec45
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1973: Internet Archive catalogofc19733271213libr, OCR text line 17238
A GUY COULD CHANGE, a photoplay in 7 
reels Ey Republic Productions. 
© 11Dec45; L52. Repix, Inc. (PWH); 
29Mar73; R548952. 
GE 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 72313–72321.

A GUY COULD CHANGE, 7 reels. 
Directed by William K. Howard; screen play by 
Al Martin; based on a story by F. Hugh Herbert. 
© 12-11-45; 2c 1-18-46; production sheets; Re- 
public Pictures Corp., claimant, New York; Re- 
public Productions, Inc., author; L 52. 


HAIL NOTRE DAME. 1 reel, 

Copies on the Internet Archive

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
Guns of the Law194424,348feature_films_unsorted, feature_films
Guns of the Law19441,946feature_films_unsorted, feature_films

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