Public Reel

NIGHT OWLS

NIGHT OWLS. (Arthur Lake Comedy) 1929. 2 reels.

Director, Sam Newfield; story, T. P. Wright, Bill Weber.

Registration LP697 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-09-14
Claimant
Universal Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-09-14; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2025 (maximum 95-year term from 1929)

The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

Renewal R198176 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-08-30
Original cited
LP697 / 14Sep29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 47061
NIGHT OWLS, a photoplay in two reels 
by Universal Pictures Corp. 
© 14Sep29; LP697. Universal 
Pictures Co., Inc. (PWH); 30Aug57; 
R198176. 
NIGHT PARADE, a photoplay in eight 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 165192–165197.

  NIGHT OWLS. (Arthur Lake Comedy) 1929. 2 reels.

    Credits: Director, Sam Newfield; story, T. P. Wright, Bill Weber.

    © Universal Pictures Corp.; 14Sep29; LP697.

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