A Man of Gold

Under US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain regardless of their original copyright status or whether a renewal was filed. This film, directed by Blaine Anderson and released in mid-1919, falls well within this pre-1929 window. Because the film was released in 1919, its maximum possible term of protection (under the then-current 1909 Act, even with subsequent extensions from the 1976 and 1998 Acts) expired no later than 95 years after publication, which occurred at the end of 2014. However, the definitive bright-line rule for any film prior to 1929 ensures it is public domain today. No renewal research is necessary for this era.