Public Reel

SIMPLE SIREN

SIMPLE SIREN. 1 reel. A Phantasy cartoon. Directed by Paul Sommer; story by Ed. Seward; animation by Volus Jones and Don Williams.

Registration LP100 Renewed

Term began
1945-10-25
Claimant
Screen Gems, Inc.
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal R558545 filed 1972-11-03 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (number+date; CCE 1972, OCR line 56987)
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 R558545 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1972-11-03
Original cited
L100 / 250ct45
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1972: Internet Archive catalogofc19723261213libr, OCR text line 56987
R536804. 
SIMPLE SIREN, a photoplay in 1 reel by 
Screen Gems. © 250ct45; L100. 
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. 
(PWH); 3Nov72; R558545. 
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, a photoplay in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 85536–85545.

SIMPLE SIREN. 1 reel. 
A Phantasy cartoon. Directed by Paul Sommer; 
story by Ed. Seward; animation by Volus Jones 
and Don Williams. 
© 10-25-45; 2c 2-14-46, continuity and titles; 
Screen Gems, Inc., author and claimant, Los 
Angeles; L 100. 


SING AND BE HAPPY. 1 reel. 

Copies on the Internet Archive

ItemYearDownloadsCollection
Simple Siren (1945)1945179feature_films_unsorted, feature_films

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