Motion pictures, 1940-1949 : $b Catalog of copyright entries — John Shaqi
Motion pictures, 1940-1949 : $b Catalog of copyright entriesLibrary of Congress. Copyright Office
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Motion pictures, 1940-1949 : $b Catalog of copyright entries
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Motion pictures -- Catalogs
2. _Production statement._ The name of the producing company, i.e.,
the company responsible for the existence of the picture, follows
the title. In some instances two companies or organizations are
concerned with the production of a film, one with the physical
production, i.e., photographing, editing, sound recording, etc., the
other with planning, distributing, and sponsoring the motion
picture. In such case the company concerned with physical production
is named first, followed by the preposition _for_ and the name of
the other company. The name of a foreign producing company is
followed by the name of the city or country in which it is located.
When the name of a person or organization is given in the records of
the Copyright Office preceded by the phrase _presented by_, the
name, together with the phrase, follows the date (see item 3 below).
3. _Date._ For published works, the year date of copyright (see item
10 below) preceded by a lower case c, (e.g., c1941) follows the
production statement. If a production date different from the
copyright year date is given in the records, this information
follows the copyright date. For unpublished works, no date is given
in this position in the entry.
4. _Physical description._ A full physical description contains
information relating to 1) the length of the film, given in running
time, footage, number of reels or frames; 2) color or black and
white versions; 3) sound or silent versions; 4) width of the film.
Few of the entries in this catalog for the period prior to 1946
contain full physical descriptions because information on these
points was not included in the records of the Copyright Office.
5. _Notes._ Certain information which helps to identify the motion
picture more exactly is given in the form of notes:
a. The title of the series to which a motion picture belongs is
given immediately following the physical description.
b. Phrases further identifying persons or organizations connected
with the production of a motion picture, such as _Warner
Bros.-First National picture_, _Frank Capra production_, etc., are
given in a note following the series note.
c. Information relating to other titles by which the motion picture
is known, to other versions, to related material to be used in
connection with the showing of the motion picture, or to the
source material on which the motion picture is based, is given in
the order named.
6. _Summary._ A brief statement describing or characterizing the
motion picture is included whenever it has been printed previously
in an issue of the _Catalog of Copyright Entries_.
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