DUMB'S THE WORD

DUMB'S THE WORD. (Kennedy, no. 5) 1937. 2 reels, sd.

Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Leslie Goodwins; story, Charles Roberts, George Jeske; film editor, John Lockert.

Registration LP7209 No renewal found

Term began

1937-06-11

Claimant

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)

Finding

no renewal entry found for 1964-1966 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections

In the public domain since

1 January 1966 (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 1964 or 1965 volume; volumes searched: 1964, 1965, 1966.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 58368–58374.

  DUMB'S THE WORD. (Kennedy, no. 5) 1937. 2 reels, sd.

    Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Leslie Goodwins; story,
    Charles Roberts, George Jeske; film editor, John Lockert.

    © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 11Jun37; LP7209.

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