East of Java

EAST OF JAVA. Presented by Carl Laemmle. 1935. 8 reels, sd. Based on "Tiger Island" by Gouverneur Morris.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2030: registration LP5975 of 1935 by Universal Productions, Inc was renewed (R515936); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2031.

Finding revision 004855a1, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Producer, Paul Kohner; director, George Melford; screenplay, James Ashmore Creelman, Paul Perez; film editor, Maurice Wright.

Registration LP5975 Renewed

Term began

1935-12-03

Claimant

Universal Productions, Inc

Class

LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)

Finding

renewal R515936 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (llm:date+title; CCE 1963, OCR line 49328)

Enters the public domain

1 January 2031 (95 years from the 1935 publication)

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A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R515936 (link: llm:date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant

—

Renewal date

—

Original cited

None / 3Dec35

Source

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1963: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3171213libr, OCR text line 49328

(PWH) ; 33ul63; R318084. 3 ep63; R522532. SOLD DIGGERS OF '49, a motion picture 
FORBIDDEN HEAVEN, a photoplay in seven Sapo See een ov ar, aeons, Rae eanee 
EAST OF JAVA, a photoplay in eight reels by Republic Pictures Corp. Sueeat Bist ee Ce eee Eee 
reels by Universal Productions. ¢ aaa peer: pene Corp. brea ag) Sg SE CEB 
© 3Dec35; aa: Universal Pictures PWH); 22Ju163; R515936. THE GOLDEN ARROW, a photoplay in eight 
Co., Inc. (PWH); 2Dec63; R326795. she ae ‘ reels by Warner Bros. Pictures. 
A » a photoplay in seven © 19May36; LP6365. United Artists 
EASY TO TAKE, a photoplay in seven reels by Republic Pictures Corp. Associated, Inc. (PWH); 1131163; 
reels by Paramount Pictures. © 28Nov35; L6180. Republic Corp R318891 ; 
© 6Nov36; L6712. Emka, division of (PWH); 1Aug63; R319828 ; : 

This link was made after a language model re-read the damaged OCR (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro); the reading was accepted only because the number and date or title it reported agree with the catalog. Its note: “Original number is illegible in OCR (shown as 'aa:'). Title and other details reconstructed from surrounding lines.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 59304–59312.

  EAST OF JAVA. Presented by Carl Laemmle. 1935. 8 reels, sd. Based on
    "Tiger Island" by Gouverneur Morris.

    Credits: Producer, Paul Kohner; director, George Melford;
    screenplay, James Ashmore Creelman, Paul Perez; film editor, Maurice
    Wright.

    © Universal Productions, Inc.; 3Dec35; LP5975.

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