A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots'

This short film is definitively in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928. Under the current US copyright law, all works published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to 1928 have seen their copyright terms expire, regardless of whether a renewal was filed. The film was produced using the Lee de Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film process as a promotional short for Cantor's Broadway success 'Kid Boots'. Because it predates the 1928 cutoff, it automatically entered the public domain 95 years after its release, which occurred in 1923. No further analysis of renewals or registration is required to confirm its public domain status.