Public Reel

THE MELODY MAN

THE MELODY MAN. 1930. 7 reels. From the play by Herbert Fields, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Producer, Harry Cohn; director, R. William Neill; adaptation and dialogue, Howard J. Green.

Registration LP1090 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-02-18
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-02-18; 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 R18734 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Columbia Pictures Carp (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-02-28
Original cited
LP1090 / 18Feb30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 20543
THE MELODY MAN, a photoplay in seven 
reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. 
© 18Feb30; LP1090. Columbia 
Pictures Carp. (PWH); 28Feb57; 
R18734.0. 
MEN ARE LIKE THAT, a photoplay in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 148602–148609.

  THE MELODY MAN. 1930. 7 reels. From the play by Herbert Fields,
    Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

    Credits: Producer, Harry Cohn; director, R. William Neill;
    adaptation and dialogue, Howard J. Green.

    © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 18Feb30; LP1090.

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