Public Reel

THE GORILLA

THE GORILLA. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 7 reels. From the play by Ralph Spence.

Director, Bryan Foy; adaptation, B. Harrison Orkow, Herman Ruby.

Registration LP1730 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-11-16
Claimant
First National Pictures, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-11-16; 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 R218822 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.67)

Renewal claimant
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc: (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-08-04
Original cited
L1730 / 16Nov30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 46167
GORILLA, a photoplay in seven reels by 
First National Pictures, Inc. 
© 16Nov30; L1730. Warner Bros. Pic- 
tures, Inc: (PWH); 4Aug58; R218822. 
1958 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 87493–87500.

  THE GORILLA. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 7 reels. From the
    play by Ralph Spence.

    Credits: Director, Bryan Foy; adaptation, B. Harrison Orkow, Herman
    Ruby.

    © First National Pictures, Inc.; 16Nov30; LP1730.

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