Vengeance

VENGEANCE. 1930. 7 reels, sd.

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2026: the full term of registration LP1139 of 1930 by Columbia Pictures Corp has run out.

Finding revision 3981a6c5, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Producer, Harry Cohn; director, Archie Mayo; story, Ralph Graves; continuity and dialogue, F. Hugh Herbert.

Registration LP1139 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1930-03-07
Claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: copyright term began 1930-03-07; 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)

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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 0.45)

Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Corp (PWH)
Renewal date: —
Original cited: LP1139 / 7Mar30
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 22028

VENGEANCE, a photoplay in seven 
reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. 
© 7Mar30; LP1139. Columbia 
Pictures Corp. (PWH); 10Apr57; 
R190.02. 
THE VIKING, a photoplay in nine reels

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 259412–259418.

  VENGEANCE. 1930. 7 reels, sd.

    Credits: Producer, Harry Cohn; director, Archie Mayo; story, Ralph
    Graves; continuity and dialogue, F. Hugh Herbert.

    © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 7Mar30; LP1139.

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