Public Reel

EAST IS WEST

EAST IS WEST. Presented by Carl Laemmle. 1930. 8 reels. From the play by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer.

Associate producer, E. M. Asher; director, Monta Bell; screenplay and added dialogue, Tom Reed; adaptation, Winnifred Eaton Reeve.

Registration LP1628 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-10-11
Claimant
Universal Pictures Corp
Author
Samuel Shipman, author
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-10-11; 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 R220725 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal Pictures Co.,Inc (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-08-29
Original cited
LP1628 / 110ct30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 45752
Chicago (PWH); 28Aug58; R220435. 
EAST IS WEST, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Samuel Shipman. © 110ct30; 
LP1628. Universal Pictures Co.,Inc. 
(PWH); 29Aug58; R220725. 
EDGAR BERGEN IN THE OFFICE SCANDAL. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 59225–59234.

  EAST IS WEST. Presented by Carl Laemmle. 1930. 8 reels. From the play
    by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer.

    Credits: Associate producer, E. M. Asher; director, Monta Bell;
    screenplay and added dialogue, Tom Reed; adaptation, Winnifred Eaton
    Reeve.

    © Universal Pictures Corp. (Samuel Shipman, author); 11Oct30;
    LP1628.

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