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THE BISHOP MURDER CASE

THE BISHOP MURDER CASE. 1930. 9 reels, sd., b&w. From the book by S. S. Van Dine [pseud. of Willard Huntington Wright].

Director, Nick Grinde; adaptation, scenario and dialogue, Lenore J. Coffee; film editor, William Le Vanway.

Registration LP1274 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-05-05
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-05-05; 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 R204806 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-12-23
Original cited
L1274 / 5May30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 45012
THE BISHOP MURDER CASE, a photoplay 
in nine reels by Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer Distributing Corp. 
© 5May30; L1274. Loew's Incorpo- 
rated (PWH); 23Dec57; R204806. 
BITS OF BROADWAY, a motion picture in 
on2 reel by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 19106–19113.

  THE BISHOP MURDER CASE. 1930. 9 reels, sd., b&w. From the book by S.
    S. Van Dine [pseud. of Willard Huntington Wright].

    Credits: Director, Nick Grinde; adaptation, scenario and dialogue,
    Lenore J. Coffee; film editor, William Le Vanway.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 5May30; LP1274.

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