Public Reel

THE KING

THE KING. (Hal Roach Comedy) Presented by Hal Roach. 1930. 1,774 ft., sd., b&w.

Registration LP1233 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-04-21
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-04-21; 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 R206646 (link: number+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Hal Roach Studios (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-01-13
Original cited
LP1233 / 21lApr30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 18129
THE KING, a photoplay in two reels by 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing 
Corp. © 21lApr30; LP1233. Hal 
Roach Studios (PWH); 13Jan58; 
R206646, 
KING OF JAZZ, a photoplay in twelve 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 123442–123449.

  THE KING. (Hal Roach Comedy) Presented by Hal Roach. 1930. 1,774 ft.,
    sd., b&w.

    Credits; Directors, James W. Horne, Charles Rogers; story, H. M.
    Walker; dialogue, H. M. Walker; editor, Richard Currier.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 21Apr30; LP1233.

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