Public Reel

THE CAT CREEPS

THE CAT CREEPS. Presented by Carl Laemmle. 1930. 8 reels. From the play "The Cat and the Canary" by John Willard.

Director, Rupert Julian; dialogue, Gladys Lehman, William Hurlburt; continuity, Gladys Lehman.

Registration LP1672 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-10-23
Claimant
Universal Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-10-23; 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 R220719 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-08-29
Original cited
LP1672 / 230ct30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 45303
THE CAT CREEPS, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Universal Pictures Corp. 
© 230ct30; LP1672. Universal Pic- 
tures Co., Inc. (PWH); 29Aug58; 
R220719. 
CATCH AS CATCH CAN, a photoplay in two 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 33406–33413.

  THE CAT CREEPS. Presented by Carl Laemmle. 1930. 8 reels. From the
    play "The Cat and the Canary" by John Willard.

    Credits: Director, Rupert Julian; dialogue, Gladys Lehman, William
    Hurlburt; continuity, Gladys Lehman.

    © Universal Pictures Corp.; 23Oct30; LP1672.

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