The Actor

THE ACTOR. (Benny Rubin Talkie) 1929. 1 reel, sd.

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2025: the full term of registration LP605 of 1929 by Universal Pictures Corp has run out.

Finding revision db66ccf7, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Walter Fabian; story and dialogue, Benny Rubin.

Registration LP605 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1929-08-14
Claimant: Universal Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: copyright term began 1929-08-14; 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)

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

Renewal R192723 (link: number+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1957-05-28
Original cited: LP605 / 1Aug29
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 18456

THE ACTOR, a photoplay in one reel 
by Universal Pictures Corp. 
© 1Aug29; LP605. Universal 
Pictures Co., Inc. (PWH); 28May57; 
R192723. 
AFTER THE BALL, a motion picture in

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 1249–1254.

  THE ACTOR. (Benny Rubin Talkie) 1929. 1 reel, sd.

    Credits: Director, Walter Fabian; story and dialogue, Benny Rubin.

    © Universal Pictures Corp.; 14Aug29; LP605.

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