Public Reel

THE BIG POND

THE BIG POND. 1930. 8 reels, sd. Based on the play by George Middleton and A. E. Thomas.

Producer, Monta Bell; director, Hobart Henley; continuity, Robert Presnell, Garrett Fort; dialogue, Preston Sturges.

Registration LP1278 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-05-06
Claimant
Paramount Publix Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-05-06; 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 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
L1278 / 6May30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 18693
THE BIG POND, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Paramount Publix Corp. 
© 6May30; L1278. Paramount 
Pictures Corp. (PWH); 7May57; 
R191)81. 
BILLY SWEDE HALL & COMPANY IN HILDA, 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 17872–17879.

  THE BIG POND. 1930. 8 reels, sd. Based on the play by George Middleton
    and A. E. Thomas.

    Credits: Producer, Monta Bell; director, Hobart Henley; continuity,
    Robert Presnell, Garrett Fort; dialogue, Preston Sturges.

    © Paramount Publix Corp.; 6May30; LP1278.

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