A NEW WAY TO BETTER SLEEP
EW NEIGHBOR. (unpub.) Produced by Willard Pictures for the International Motion Picture Division, O.1.C., Department of State; directed by Lee Burgess. © title, descr. and 6 prints recd 8-6-46; Willard Pictures, Inc., claimant, New York; Lee Burgess, author; M 917. A NEW WAY TO BETTER SLEEP. 1 reel.
Registration MP1213 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1946-07-05
- Claimant
- Simmons Co.
- Author
- Herbert Kerkow
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1973-1975 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1975 (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 1973 or 1974 volume; volumes searched: 1973, 1974, 1975.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 78221–78242.
THE NEW NEIGHBOR. (unpub.) Produced by Willard Pictures for the International Motion Picture Division, O.1.C., Department of State; directed by Lee Burgess. © title, descr. and 6 prints recd 8-6-46; Willard Pictures, Inc., claimant, New York; Lee Burgess, author; M 917. A NEW WAY TO BETTER SLEEP. 1 reel. © 7-5-46; 2c 10-10-46, synopsis; Simmons Co., claimant, New York; Herbert Kerkow, author; M 1213. NEWS OF THE DAY.
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