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Why do they never show most of the Rathbone + Bruce S.H. movies?

posted 10 years ago by pt100
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They made more than a dozen, and some are quite good:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?roles=nm0115558,nm0001651&title_t ype=feature,tv_episode,video,tv_movie,tv_special,mini_series,documenta ry,game,short,unknown

But they show only the same few all the time. Does anyone know why? I would have thought that TCM or someone else would have them in their vault and would bring them out now and again.

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[–] mikeadams110 8 years ago

The four or so titles which are aired most frequently are in the public domain hence no royalties have to be paid.

[–] pt100 8 years ago

Yes, but it seems odd that those four are the only ones in the public domain, because they aren't necessarily the oldest ones.

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