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BE YOURSELF

BE YOURSELF. United Artists. 1930. 9 reels. Adapted from "The Champ" by Joseph Jackson.

Director, Thornton Freeland; adaptation, Max Marcin, Thornton Freeland; music arrangement, Hugo Riesenfeld; editor, Robert J. Kern.

Registration LP1098 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-02-08
Claimant
Joseph M. Schenck
Author
Joseph Jackson, author
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-02-08; 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 R195840 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Joseph M. Schenck (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-07-18
Original cited
LP1098 / 8Feb30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 44915
BE YOURSELF, a photoplay in nine 
reels by Joseph M. Schenck. 
© 8Feb30; LP1098. Joseph M. 
Schenck (PWH); 18Ju157; R195840. 
BEAU BANDIT, a photopl=y in eight 
reels by RKO Productions, Inc, 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 13655–13663.

  BE YOURSELF. United Artists. 1930. 9 reels. Adapted from "The Champ"
    by Joseph Jackson.

    Credits: Director, Thornton Freeland; adaptation, Max Marcin,
    Thornton Freeland; music arrangement, Hugo Riesenfeld; editor,
    Robert J. Kern.

    © Joseph M. Schenck (Joseph Jackson, author); 8Feb30; LP1098.

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