Public Reel

KISMET

KISMET. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 10 reels. Based on the play by Edward Knoblock.

Producer, John Francis Dillon; screen version, Howard Estabrook.

Registration LP1877 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-12-28
Claimant
First National Pictures, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-12-28; 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 R206397 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.10)

Renewal claimant
Loew's, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-01-03
Original cited
L1877 / 28Dec30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 18152
KISMET, a otoplay in ten reels by 
First Nation Pictures, Inc. 
© 28Dec30; L1877. Loew's, Inc. 
(PWH); 3Jan58; R206397. 
KISS ME AGAIN, a photoplay in eight 
reels by First National Pictures, 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 124087–124094.

  KISMET. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 10 reels. Based on the
    play by Edward Knoblock.

    Credits: Producer, John Francis Dillon; screen version, Howard
    Estabrook.

    © First National Pictures, Inc.; 28Dec30; LP1877.

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