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THE CASE OF LENA SMITH

THE CASE OF LENA SMITH. 1929. 7,229 ft. From the story of Samuel Ornitz.

Director, Josef Von Sternberg; adaptation, Jules Furthman.

Registration LP32 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-01-18
Claimant
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-01-18; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2025 (maximum 95-year term from 1929)

The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 33013–33019.

  THE CASE OF LENA SMITH. 1929. 7,229 ft. From the story of Samuel
    Ornitz.

    Credits: Director, Josef Von Sternberg; adaptation, Jules Furthman.

    © Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.; 18Jan29; LP32.

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