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Alias Jimmy Valentine

1915 · World Film Company / Peerless Pictures · Dir. Maurice Tourneur

After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.

Confidence
100
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Why this status applies

Under the current copyright laws of the United States, all works published before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. This film, directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Robert Warwick, was released on February 22, 1915 by the World Film Corporation. As a pre-1929 production, its maximum possible term of protection (under the Copyright Act of 1909 as amended) was 75 to 95 years, but the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act only extended protection for works that were still under copyright in 1998. Since this work was published in 1915, it was already in the public domain long before the extension act. No renewal search is required as the age of the film exceeds the maximum possible copyright duration for its era.
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Supporting facts

  • Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures 1912-1939
  • AFI Catalog of Feature Films (The First 100 Years), Entry #25816
  • Internet Archive, Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) item description
  • Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain 1894-1939 (Hurst/Baer)

Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.