
Public Domain
A Gasoline Wedding
1918 · Rolinc-Pathé · Dir. Alfred J. Goulding
A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- even if she doesn't know about it.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'A Gasoline Wedding' is a 1918 American short comedy starring Harold Lloyd/Bebe Daniels and directed by Alfred J. Goulding. It was produced by the Rolin Film Company (later Hal Roach Studios) and distributed by Pathé Exchange.
According to the current United States copyright law (17 U.S.C. § 304), all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. As this film was released and registered in 1918, it is definitively in the public domain regardless of its renewal status, though it would have expired much earlier if not renewed after its first 28-year term.
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