The Double Door

THE DOUBLE DOOR. 1934. 8 reels. Adapted from the play by Elizabeth A. McFadden.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2029: registration LP4663 of 1934 by Paramount Productions, Inc was renewed (R276739); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2030.

Finding revision 5c817641, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Producer, E. Lloyd Sheldon; director, Charles Vidor; screenplay, Gladys Lehman, Jack Cunningham.

Registration LP4663 Renewed

Term began: 1934-05-02
Claimant: Paramount Productions, Inc
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R276739 filed 1961-06-02 by Emka, Ltd (date+title; CCE 1961, OCR line 24461)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2030 (95 years from the 1934 publication)

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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 R276739 (link: date+title, title similarity 0.71)

Renewal claimant: Emka, Ltd (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-06-02
Original cited: L663 / 2May34
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 24461

CGo., Inc. (PWH); lJun61; R276993. 
DOUBLE DOOR, a photoplay in eight reels 
by Paramount Productions. © 2May34; 
L663. Emka, Ltd. (PWH); 2Jun61; 
R276739. 
DOUBLE HARNESS, a photoplay in eight

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 56303–56310.

  THE DOUBLE DOOR. 1934. 8 reels. Adapted from the play by Elizabeth A.
    McFadden.

    Credits: Producer, E. Lloyd Sheldon; director, Charles Vidor;
    screenplay, Gladys Lehman, Jack Cunningham.

    © Paramount Productions, Inc.; 2May34; LP4663.

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