For renewal registrations, the main entry includes the following items of information if available and applicable:
1) Title. 2) Length of film in reels. 3) Name of the author, which is usually the original producing company. 4) Copyright symbol ©. 5) Date of original copyright. 6) Original registration number. 7) Name of the renewal claimant followed by a statement usually abbreviated, giving the basis of the renewal claim as supplied by the applicant; e.g., “John Doe & Co. (PWH)” indicates that renewal of copyright is claimed by John Doe & Co. as proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire. 8) Date of receipt of the renewal application or fee, whichever is later. 9) Renewal registration number.
Registrations January-June 1973
| Class L— | Domestic published motion-picture photoplays | 952 |
| Foreign published motion-picture photoplays | 13 | |
| Unpublished motion-picture photoplays | 13 | |
| Class M— | Domestic published motion pictures other than photoplays | 756 |
| Unpublished motion pictures other than photoplays | 142 | |
| Total | 1,876 | |
| Renewals: | Classes L and M | 623 |
These figures represent the number of registrations for motion pictures for January-June 1973, but do not necessarily represent the exact number of entries in this issue of the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Registration figures for other classes of material may be found in the respective parts.
Abbreviations and Symbols
The following list includes abbreviations and symbols used in this catalog with specific copyright or bibliographic meanings.
| (A) | author(s) |
| a.a.d.o. | accepted alternative designation of |
| a.k.a. | also known as |
| acc. | accompaniment |
| Adm.c.t.a. | Administrator(s) cum testamento annexo |
| Adm.d.b.n.c.t.a. | Administrator(s) de bonis non cum testamento annexo |
| appl. | application |
| approx. | approximate, approximately |
| arr. | arranged, arrangement, arranged by |
| Aufl. | Auflage |
| augm. | augmented |
| Ausg. | Ausgabe |
| b&w | black and white |
| Bd. | Band (German) |
| bearb. | bearbeitet |
| © | copyright symbol |
| (C) | child or children of the deceased author |
| ca. | circa |
| chap. | chapter(s) |
| col. | colored |
| comp. | compiler |
| d.b.a. | doing business as |
| (E) | executor(s) of the author |
| ed. | edition, editor |
| enl. | enlarged |
| fr. | frames |
| ft. | feet |
| hrsg. | herausgegeben |
| illus. | illustration(s) |
| m | music, music by |
| min. | minutes |
| mm. | millimeters |
| (NK) | next of kin of the deceased author |
| NM | new matter |
| no. | number(s) |
| nouv. | nouveau, nouvelle |
| op. | opus |
| p. | page(s) |
| (PCB) | proprietor of copyright in a work copyrighted by a corporate body otherwise than as assignee or licensee of the individual author |
| (PCW) | proprietor of copyright in a composite work |
| (PPW) | proprietor of copyright in a posthumous work |
| (PWH) | proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire |
| prev. | previous, previously |
| print. | printing |
| priv. print. | privately printed |
| pseud. | pseudonym |
| pt. | part, parts |
| pty. | proprietary |
| pub. | published, publishing |
| R, (R) | renewal registration |
| reg. | registered, registration |
| rev. | revised |
| sd. | sound |
| sec. | seconds |
| ser. | series |
| si. | silent |
| suppl. | supplement |
| t. | tome, tomo |
| T., Th. | Teil, Theil |
| t.a. | trading as |
| t.p. | title page |
| tr. | translator |
| v., vol. | volume, volumes |
| w | words, words by |
| (W) | widow of the author |
| (Wr) | widower of the author |
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