Public Reel

THE LIGHT OF WESTERN SKIES

THE LIGHT OF WESTERN SKIES. 1930. 6,312 ft., sd. Based on the novel by Zane Grey.

Director, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knoft; adaptation, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt; film editor, Jane Loring.

Registration LP1247 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-04-17
Claimant
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-04-17; 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 R191477 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-05-07
Original cited
LP1247 / 17Apr30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 20336
THE LIGHT OF WESTERN SKIES, a photo- 
play in eight reels by Paramount 
Famous Lasky Corp. © 17Apr30; 
LP1247. Paramount Pictures Corp. 
(PWH); 7May57; R191477. 
THE LITTLE SAVAGE, a photoplay in 
six reels by F. B. 0. Productions. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 131178–131185.

  THE LIGHT OF WESTERN SKIES. 1930. 6,312 ft., sd. Based on the novel by
    Zane Grey.

    Credits: Director, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knoft; adaptation, Grover
    Jones, William Slavens McNutt; film editor, Jane Loring.

    © Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.; 17Apr30; LP1247.

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