Public Reel

THE FALL GUY

THE FALL GUY. Radio. 1930. 7 reels, sd. From the stage play by George Abbott and James Gleason.

Producer, William Le Baron; director, Leslie Pearce; screenplay, Tim Whelan; editor, Archie Marshek.

Registration LP1397 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-06-15
Claimant
RKO Productions, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-06-15; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2026 (maximum 95-year term from 1930)

The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

Renewal R204821 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
RKO Radio Pictures, a division of RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-12-19
Original cited
L1397 / 15Jun30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 45580
R202717. 
THE FALL GUY, a photoplay in seven 
reels by RKO Productions, Inc. 
© 15Jun30; L1397. RKO Radio Pic- 
tures, a division of RKO Teleradio 
Pictures, Inc. (PWH); 19Dec57; 
R204821. 
THE FALLEN STAR, SEE GEORGE ROSENER 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 64688–64695.

  THE FALL GUY. Radio. 1930. 7 reels, sd. From the stage play by George
    Abbott and James Gleason.

    Credits: Producer, William Le Baron; director, Leslie Pearce;
    screenplay, Tim Whelan; editor, Archie Marshek.

    © RKO Productions, Inc.; 15Jun30; LP1397.

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