Public Domain
Are Parents People?
1925 · Famous Players-Lasky / Paramount Pictures · Dir. Malcolm St. Clair
The teenage daughter of a wealthy couple is horrified to find out that her parents, who spend most of their time fighting with each other, are planning to divorce. She schemes to get them back together by pretending to fall for a dimwitted actor, hoping that her parents will unite to prevent the "romance".
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
Under the current laws of the United States, all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. 'Are Parents People?', directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Betty Bronson and Florence Vidor, was released by Paramount (Famous Players-Lasky) on June 1, 1925.
Because the film was published in 1925, its maximum 75-year copyright term (under the laws active at the time of its expiration) would have concluded at the end of 2000 at the latest. However, under the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, works from this era are subject to a flat 95-year term from publication, which would have expired on January 1, 2021. As we are currently past that date, the film is definitively in the public domain regardless of whether the copyright was originally renewed.
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Supporting facts
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