THE SECRET RAY
THE SECRET RAY. See Hop Harrigan, no, 2. 6 reels. Produced by Max Alexander and Alfred Stern; directed by Frank Wisbar; screen play by George Wallace Sayre and Arthur St. Claire; original story by George Wallace Sayre; musical direction by Karl Hajos.
Registration LP501 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1946-08-15
- Claimant
- Pathe Industries, Inc.
- Author
- P. R. C. Pictures, Inc.
- Class
- LP — published 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 85121–85136.
THE SECRET RAY. See Hop Harrigan, no, 2. 6 reels. Produced by Max Alexander and Alfred Stern; directed by Frank Wisbar; screen play by George Wallace Sayre and Arthur St. Claire; original story by George Wallace Sayre; mus- ical direction by Karl Hajos. © 8-15-46; 2c 8-20-46, synopsis; Pathe Industries, Inc., claimant, New York; P. R. C. Pictures, Inc., author; L 501. 10 reels.
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