Public Reel

THIS MAD WORLD

THIS MAD WORLD. 1930. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Adapted from the French play "Terre Inhumaine" by François de Curel.

Producer, William De Mille; screenplay, Clara Beranger; dialogue, Clara Beranger, Arthur Caesar; film editor, Anne Bauchens.

Registration LP1235 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-04-21
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-04-21; 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 R200898 (link: date+title, title similarity 0.41)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-10-08
Original cited
L1255 / 21Apr30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 48308
THIS MAD WORLD, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dis- 
tributing Corp. © 21Apr30; L1255. 
Loew's Incorporated (PWH); 80ct57; 
R200898. 
THOSE WHO DANCE, a photoplay in nine 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 243020–243027.

  THIS MAD WORLD. 1930. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Adapted from the French play
    "Terre Inhumaine" by François de Curel.

    Credits: Producer, William De Mille; screenplay, Clara Beranger;
    dialogue, Clara Beranger, Arthur Caesar; film editor, Anne Bauchens.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 21Apr30; LP1235.

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