Public Reel

GOOD NEWS

GOOD NEWS. 1930. 11 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a musical comedy by Laurence Schwab, Lew Brown, Frank Mandel, B. G. De Sylva and Ray Henderson.

Director, Nick Grinde; scenario, Frances Marlon; dialogue, Joe Farnham; film editor, William Le Vanway.

Registration LP1506 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-08-25
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-08-25; 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 R204559 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Lowe's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-12-12
Original cited
L1506 / 25Aug30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 45930
GOOD NEWS, a photoplay in eleven 
reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 
Distributing Corp. © 25Aug30; 
L1506. Lowe's Incorporated (PWH) ; 
12Dec57; R204559. 
GORILLA MYSTERY, a motion picture in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 86939–86947.

  GOOD NEWS. 1930. 11 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a musical comedy by
    Laurence Schwab, Lew Brown, Frank Mandel, B. G. De Sylva and Ray
    Henderson.

    Credits: Director, Nick Grinde; scenario, Frances Marlon; dialogue,
    Joe Farnham; film editor, William Le Vanway.

    © Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Distributing Corp.; 25Aug30; LP1506.

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