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THEIR OWN DESIRE

THEIR OWN DESIRE. 1930. 7 reels, sd., b&w. From the novel by Sarita Fuller, pseud.

Director, E. Mason Hopper; screenplay, Frances Marion; dialogue, adaptation, and stage direction, James Forbes; film editor, Harry Reynolds.

Registration LP974 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-01-06
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-01-06; 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 R194773 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-07-01
Original cited
L974 / 6Jan30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 48281
THEIR OWN DESIRE, a photoplay in seven 
reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dis- 
tributing Corp. © 6Jan30; L974. 
Loew's Incorporated (PWH); 1Ju157; 
R194773. 
THEN AND NOW. SEE BILLY AND ELSA 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 241644–241652.

  THEIR OWN DESIRE. 1930. 7 reels, sd., b&w. From the novel by Sarita
    Fuller, pseud.

    Credits: Director, E. Mason Hopper; screenplay, Frances Marion;
    dialogue, adaptation, and stage direction, James Forbes; film
    editor, Harry Reynolds.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 6Jan30; LP974.

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