Public Reel

HIT THE DECK

HIT THE DECK. 1930. 12 reels, sd. Based on David Belasco's stage production of "Shore Leave" by Hubert Osborne.

Adaptation and direction by Luther Reed; music director, Victor Baravalle.

Registration LP1083 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-01-13
Claimant
RKO Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-01-13; 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 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
11083 / 13Jan30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 19878
HIT THE DECK, a photoplay in twelve 
reels by RKO Distributing Corp. 
© 13Jan30; 11083. Loew's In- 
corporated (PWH); 15Jan57; 
R18),686. 
HITS OF TODAY, a motion picture in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 102977–102984.

  HIT THE DECK. 1930. 12 reels, sd. Based on David Belasco's stage
    production of "Shore Leave" by Hubert Osborne.

    Credits: Adaptation and direction by Luther Reed; music director,
    Victor Baravalle.

    © RKO Distributing Corp.; 13Jan30; LP1083.

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