Public Domain
A Dash of Courage
1916 · Keystone Studios · Dir. Charley Chase
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fellow passenger, who is a police commissioner. The wire identifies him as official collector for the Old Cops' Home. A little chloroform does for him and when the train pulls out of his destination he is still on board while Gribbon is posing as the commissioner-collector.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
Gloria Swanson appeared in several films in 1916, most notably her breakthrough short comedies for Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios, such as 'A Dash of Courage,' 'Hearts and Sparks,' and 'The Nick of Time Baby.'
Under US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. Because these films were released in 1916, their statutory copyright terms have expired regardless of registration or renewal status. All of Swanson's 1916 output is now part of the public domain in the United States.
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