Public Reel

SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE

SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE. 1930. 8 reels, sd. Based on the novel by Earl Derr Biggers and the stage play by George M. Cohan.

Director, Reginald Barker; adaptation and continuity, Jane Murfin.

Registration LP1002 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-01-12
Claimant
RKO Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-01-12; 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 R204811 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
RKO Radio Pictures, a division of RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-12-16
Original cited
L1002 / 12Jan30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 47855
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE, a photoplay 
in eight reels by RKO Distributing 
Corp. © 12Jan30; L1002. RKO 
Radio Pictures, a division of RKO 
Teleradio Pictures, Inc. (PWH); 
16Dec57; R204811. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 215149–215156.

  SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE. 1930. 8 reels, sd. Based on the novel by Earl
    Derr Biggers and the stage play by George M. Cohan.

    Credits: Director, Reginald Barker; adaptation and continuity, Jane
    Murfin.

    © RKO Distributing Corp.; 12Jan30; LP1002.

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