Public Reel

BRIGHT LIGHTS

BRIGHT LIGHTS. 1930. 10 reels.

Director, Michael Curtiz; story, Humphrey Pearson.

Registration LP1575 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-09-03
Claimant
First National Pictures, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-09-03; 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 R207503 (link: number+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Associated Artists Productions Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-01-27
Original cited
L1575 / 35Sep30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 16766
BRIGHT LIGHTS, a photoplay in ten 
reels by First National Pictures, 
Inc. © 35Sep30; L1575. Associated 
Artists Productions Corp. (PWH); 
27Jan58; R207503. 
BROADWAY FOLLY, a motion picture in 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 25369–25374.

  BRIGHT LIGHTS. 1930. 10 reels.

    Credits: Director, Michael Curtiz; story, Humphrey Pearson.

    © First National Pictures, Inc.; 3Sep30; LP1575.

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