A Midsummer Night's Dream

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. and The Vitaphone Corp. 1935. 17 reels, sd. From the drama by William Shakespeare.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2030: registration LP5866 of 1935 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc was renewed (R3204098); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2031.

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Finding revision 9e440f44, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle; arranged for the screen by Charles Kenyon, Mary C. McCall, Jr.

Registration LP5866 Renewed

Term began: 1935-10-16
Claimant: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R3204098 filed (date unreadable) by United Artists Associated, Inc (number+date; CCE 1962, OCR line 40960)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2031 (95 years from the 1935 publication)

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A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R3204098 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.75)

Renewal claimant: United Artists Associated, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: —
Original cited: LP5866 / 160ct35
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1962: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3161213libr, OCR text line 40960

MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, a photoplay in 
seventeen reels by Warner Bros. Pic- 
tures. © 160ct35; LP5866. United 
Artists Associated, Inc. (PWH); 
8Nov62; R3Z04098. 
THE MIGHTY BARNUM, a photoplay in ten

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 151030–151038.

  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
    and The Vitaphone Corp. 1935. 17 reels, sd. From the drama by
    William Shakespeare.

    Credits: Director, Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle; arranged for the
    screen by Charles Kenyon, Mary C. McCall, Jr.

    © Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 16Oct35; LP5866.

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