Public Reel

WHOOPEE

WHOOPEE. Presented by Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn. 1930. 12 reels, sd., color. From the musical comedy by William Anthony McGuire; founded on the stage play "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis; based on the story "The Wreck" by E. J. Rath [pseud.] in collaboration with Robert H. Davis.

Music, Walter Donaldson; lyrics, Gus Kahn.

Registration LP1584 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-09-01
Claimant
Samuel Goldwyn
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-09-01; 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 R199905 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Howard Productions, Inc (PCW)
Renewal date
1957-10-10
Original cited
L158 / 1Sep30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 48598
R199192. 
WHOOPEE, a photoplay in twelve reels 
by Samuel Goldwyn. © 1Sep30; 
L158. Howard Productions, Inc. 
(PCW); 100ct57; R199905. 
WHOOPEE, a photoplay in twelve reels 

Renewal R19990 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Howard Productions, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1l00ct57
Original cited
L158 / 1Sep30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 48604
(PCW); 100ct57; R199905. 
WHOOPEE, a photoplay in twelve reels 
by Samuel Goldwyn. © 1Sep30; 
L158. Howard Productions, Inc. 
(PWH); 1l00ct57; R19990}. 
WHO'S WHO. SEE HARRY LANG AND BERNICE 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 269617–269626.

  WHOOPEE. Presented by Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn. 1930. 12
    reels, sd., color. From the musical comedy by William Anthony
    McGuire; founded on the stage play "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen
    Davis; based on the story "The Wreck" by E. J. Rath [pseud.] in
    collaboration with Robert H. Davis.

    Credits: Music, Walter Donaldson; lyrics, Gus Kahn.

    © Samuel Goldwyn; 1Sep30; LP1584.

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