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THE BENSON MURDER CASE

THE BENSON MURDER CASE. 1930. 5,794 ft., sd. Based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine [pseud. of Willard Huntington Wright].

Director, Frank Tuttle; adaptation, Bartlett Cormack; film editor, Doris Drought.

Registration LP1223 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-04-11
Claimant
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-04-11; 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 R191178 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-05-07
Original cited
11223 / 11Apr30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 18657
THE BENSON MURDER CASE, a photoplay 
in seven reels by Paramount Famous 
Lasky Corp. © 11Apr30; 11223. 
Paramount Pictures Corp. (PWH); 
7May57; R191178. 
BERNIE CUMMINS AND EiS BILTMORE 
ORCHESTRA, e motion victure in cne 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 16020–16027.

  THE BENSON MURDER CASE. 1930. 5,794 ft., sd. Based on the novel by S.
    S. Van Dine [pseud. of Willard Huntington Wright].

    Credits: Director, Frank Tuttle; adaptation, Bartlett Cormack; film
    editor, Doris Drought.

    © Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.; 11Apr30; LP1223.

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