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MOTHERS CRY

MOTHERS CRY. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 8 reels, sd. From the novel by Helen Grace Carlisle.

Director, Hobart Henley; adaptation and additional dialogue, Lenore J. Coffee.

Registration LP1879 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 R208353 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Associated Artists Productions Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-02-04
Original cited
L1879 / 28Dec30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 18784
MOTHERS CRY, a photoplay in eight 
reels by First National Pictures, 
Ine. © 28Dec30; L1879. Associated 
Artists Productions Corp. (PWH); 
4Feb58; R208353. 
MOUNTAIN JUSTICE, a photoplay in six 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 156953–156960.

  MOTHERS CRY. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 8 reels, sd. From the
    novel by Helen Grace Carlisle.

    Credits: Director, Hobart Henley; adaptation and additional
    dialogue, Lenore J. Coffee.

    © First National Pictures, Inc.; 28Dec30; LP1879.

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