Public Domain
A Christmas Accident
1912 · Edison Manufacturing Company · Dir. Harold M. Shaw
Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During the holiday season, the differences between the two families become even clearer. Mrs. Gilton wants to do something to help the Biltons, but Mr. Gilton will take a lot of convincing.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'A Christmas Accident' was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and released in the United States in December 1912. It is a US production based on the Annie Eliot Trumbull story.
Under US copyright law, any work published or registered before January 1, 1928, has reached the end of its statutory copyright term and entered the public domain. This film fell into the public domain 75 years after its release under the 1909 Act, even before the copyright extensions of the 1976 and 1998 Acts could apply to works of this age.
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Supporting facts
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures 1894-1912
- IMDb: A Christmas Accident (1912)
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Christmas Accident
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