A Dozen Socks

Under the current US copyright law (the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act), all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. This film was released in early 1927 as part of the 'Alice Day Comedies' series produced by Hall Room Boys Photoplays and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Because the film was published in 1927, its maximum copyright term of 95 years expired on January 1, 2023. Prior to this, the film was already widely considered to be at high risk of being public domain due to the high non-renewal rate of short subjects from this era, but the 1927 release date now provides a definitive statutory expiration regardless of whether a renewal was ever filed.