Call of the Flesh

CALL OF THE FLESH. 1930. 11 reels, sd.

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2026: the full term of registration LP1541 of 1930 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp has run out.

Finding revision eeb3312d, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Charles Brabin; story, Dorothy Farnum; dialogue, John Colton; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

Registration LP1541 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1930-09-08
Claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: copyright term began 1930-09-08; 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 R207068 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Loew's, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1958-01-16
Original cited: L1541 / 8Sep30
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 16818

CALL OF THE FLESH, a photoplay in 
eleven reels by Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer Distributing Corp. © 8Sep30; 
L1541. Loew's, Inc. (PWH); 16Jan58; 
R207068. 
A CALL TO ARMS.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 30498–30504.

  CALL OF THE FLESH. 1930. 11 reels, sd.

    Credits: Director, Charles Brabin; story, Dorothy Farnum; dialogue,
    John Colton; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 8Sep30; LP1541.

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