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TOM SAWYER, 1930

TOM SAWYER, 1930. 7,648 ft., sd. Based on the story "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain [pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens].

Director, John Cromwell; screenplay, Sam Mintz, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt.

Registration LP1736 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-11-17
Claimant
Paramount Publix Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-11-17; 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 R202875 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.69)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-11-22
Original cited
L1736 / 17Nov30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 48369
TOM SAWYER, a photoplay in nine reels 
by Paramount Publix Corp. 
© 17Nov30; L1736. Paramount Pic- 
tures Corp. (PWH); 22Nov57; 
R202875. 
119 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 246997–247004.

  TOM SAWYER, 1930. 7,648 ft., sd. Based on the story "The Adventures of
    Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain [pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens].

    Credits: Director, John Cromwell; screenplay, Sam Mintz, Grover
    Jones, William Slavens McNutt.

    © Paramount Publix Corp.; 17Nov30; LP1736.

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