An Elusive Diamond

The film 'An Elusive Diamond' was released on January 23, 1914, by the Thanhouser Film Corporation. It is a short silent film starring Justina Huff and Arthur Bauer. Under US copyright law, any work published before January 1, 1928, has reached the end of its statutory copyright term and is definitively in the public domain. Since this film was produced and published in the US in 1914, its maximum possible copyright term (even with a timely renewal) would have expired no later than 90 years after publication or on December 31, 1989. However, the rule governing works published prior to 1928 superseded these terms, placing all such works in the public domain regardless of renewal status. No further search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries is required for films of this vintage to confirm public domain status.