Public Reel

THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR

THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR. 1929. 8 reels, sd., b&w. From the play by Bayard Veiller.

Producer and director, Tod Browning; dialogue continuity, Elliott Clawson; film editor, Harry Reynolds.

Registration LP794 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-10-28
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-10-28; 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 R192600 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-05-24
Original cited
L794 / 280ct29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 21878
THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR, a photoplay in 
eight reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 
Distributing Corp. © 280ct29; 
L794. Loew's Incorporated (PWH); 
24May57; R192600. 
THIS THING CALLED LOVE, a photoplay 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 242766–242773.

  THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR. 1929. 8 reels, sd., b&w. From the play by Bayard
    Veiller.

    Credits: Producer and director, Tod Browning; dialogue continuity,
    Elliott Clawson; film editor, Harry Reynolds.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 28Oct29; LP794.

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