Public Reel

PLAYING FALSE

PLAYING FALSE. (Western Featurette) 1929. 2 reels.

Director, Walter Fabian; story and continuity, William Lester.

Registration LP431 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-05-29
Claimant
Universal Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-05-29; 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 R186871 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-02-18
Original cited
LP431 / 29May29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 21209
PLAYING FALSE, a photoplay in two 
reels by Universal Pictures Corp. 
© 29May29; LP431. Universal 
Pictures Co., Inc. (PWH); 18Feb57; 
R186871. 
PLAYMATES. SEE ARTHUR & MORTON HAVEL 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 189903–189909.

  PLAYING FALSE. (Western Featurette) 1929. 2 reels.

    Credits: Director, Walter Fabian; story and continuity, William
    Lester.

    © Universal Pictures Corp.; 29May29; LP431.

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