Public Reel

THE IDLE RICH

THE IDLE RICH. 1929. 9 reels. From the play "White Collars" by Edith Ellis, which was based on the novelette by Edgar Franklin [pseud. of E. F. Stearns].

Director, William De Mille; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

Registration LP385 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-05-20
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-05-20; 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)

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

Renewal R187697 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-03-06
Original cited
L385 / 20May29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 19977
THE IDLE RICH, a photoplay in nine 
reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 
Distributing Corp. © 20May29; 
L385. Loew's Incorporated (PWH); 
6Mar57; R187697. 
IN AN ARABIAN NIGHT CLUB, a photoplay 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 110289–110296.

  THE IDLE RICH. 1929. 9 reels. From the play "White Collars" by Edith
    Ellis, which was based on the novelette by Edgar Franklin [pseud. of
    E. F. Stearns].

    Credits: Director, William De Mille; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 20May29; LP385.

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