Public Reel

DESERT NIGHTS

DESERT NIGHTS. 1929. 7 reels, sd., b&w.

Producer and director, William Nigh; story, John Thomas Neville, Dale Van Avery; adaptation, Endre Bohem; continuity, Lenore Coffee; film editor, Harry Reynolds.

Registration LP199 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-03-11
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-03-11; 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.

Renewal R18617 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-02-15
Original cited
L199 / 11Mar29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 19079
R192727. 
DESERT NIGHTS, a photoplay in seven 
reels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 
Distributing Corp. © 11Mar29; 
L199. Loew's, Inc. (PWH); 
15Feb57; R18617. 
THE DESERT RIDER, a photoplay in six 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 51135–51142.

  DESERT NIGHTS. 1929. 7 reels, sd., b&w.

    Credits: Producer and director, William Nigh; story, John Thomas
    Neville, Dale Van Avery; adaptation, Endre Bohem; continuity, Lenore
    Coffee; film editor, Harry Reynolds.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.; 11Mar29; LP199.

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