Public Reel

FOOTLIGHTS AND FOOLS

FOOTLIGHTS AND FOOLS. Vitaphone. Presented by John McCormick. 1929. 8 reels.

Katharine Brush; producer, William A. Seiter; scenario, Carey Wilson.

Registration LP856 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-11-12
Claimant
First National Pictures, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-11-12; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2025 (maximum 95-year term from 1929)

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

Renewal R197076 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-08-09
Original cited
L856 / 12Nov29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 45708
FOOTLIGHTS AND FOOLS, a photoplay in 
eight reels by First National Pic- 
tures. © 12Nov29; L856. Warner 
Bros. Pictures, Inc. (PWH); 
9Aug57; R197076. 
FOR THE DEFENSE, a photoplay in seven 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 74265–74272.

  FOOTLIGHTS AND FOOLS. Vitaphone. Presented by John McCormick. 1929. 8
    reels.

    Credits: Katharine Brush; producer, William A. Seiter; scenario,
    Carey Wilson.

    © First National Pictures, Inc.; 12Nov29; LP856.

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