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.