Public Reel

FRANKENSTEIN

FRANKENSTEIN. 1931. 8 reels. Adapted from the play by Peggy Webling, which was based on the novel by Mrs. Percy B. Shelley.

Director, James Whale; adaptation, John L. Balderston; screenplay, Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh.

Registration LP2631 Renewed

Term began
1931-11-16
Claimant
Universal Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R243591 filed 1959-10-12 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc (number+date; CCE 1959, OCR line 37168)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2027 (95 years from the 1931 publication)

A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R243591 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1959-10-12
Original cited
LP2631 / 16Nov31
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1959: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3131213li, OCR text line 37168
FRANKENSTEIN, a photoplay in eight reels 
by Universal Pictures Corp. 
© 16Nov31; LP2631. Universal Pictures 
Co., Inc. (PWH); 120ct59; R243591. 
FROM BETHLEHEM TO JERUSALEM, a motion 
picture in one reel by Vitaphone Corp. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 77544–77551.

  FRANKENSTEIN. 1931. 8 reels. Adapted from the play by Peggy Webling,
    which was based on the novel by Mrs. Percy B. Shelley.

    Credits: Director, James Whale; adaptation, John L. Balderston;
    screenplay, Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh.

    © Universal Pictures Corp.; 16Nov31; LP2631.

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