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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