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THE VAGABOND KING

THE VAGABOND KING. 1930. 9,413 ft., sd., color. From the play "If I Were King" by Justin Huntly McCarthy and the operetta "The Vagabond King" by William H. Post, Brian Hooker and Rudolph Friml.

Producer and director, Ludwig Berger; screen adaptation and added dialogue, Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Registration LP1265 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-04-23
Claimant
Paramount Publix Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-04-23; 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 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
L1265 / 23Apr30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 21999
THE VAGABOND KING, a photoplay in 
twelve reels by Paramount Publix 
Corp. © 23Apr30; L1265. Para- 
mount Pictures Corp. (PWH); 
7May57; R191)80. 
VAN AND SCHENCK; SONG: LILA. A mo- 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 258364–258372.

  THE VAGABOND KING. 1930. 9,413 ft., sd., color. From the play "If I
    Were King" by Justin Huntly McCarthy and the operetta "The Vagabond
    King" by William H. Post, Brian Hooker and Rudolph Friml.

    Credits: Producer and director, Ludwig Berger; screen adaptation and
    added dialogue, Herman J. Mankiewicz.

    © Paramount Publix Corp.; 23Apr30; LP1265.

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