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Back to the Woods poster
Public Domain

Back to the Woods

1919 · Rolin Film Company / Pathe Exchange · Dir. Hal Roach

Harold and Snub are self-proclaimed big-game hunters who stop at a remote outpost. They hire two native guides to lead them into the woods, but the guides run in terror when they see a rather tame bear in the distance. Harold is annoyed that he cannot find any bears to hunt--unaware that two timid bears are closely following him. Meanwhile Snub encounters an equally tame wildcat who eats his picnic lunch. Snub sprints away. Back at the outpost, Harold twice rescues Jeanne--once from the clutches of an unwanted suitor and once from one of the bears. The grateful, gun-toting Jeanne tells Harold she wants him to be her "sweetie."

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Why this status applies

The film 'Back to the Woods' (1919), directed by Hal Roach and starring Harold Lloyd, was released in the United States on June 22, 1919. Under the current United States copyright law, specifically the Copyright Term Extension Act (often referred to as the 'Mickey Mouse Protection Act'), works published before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. This applies regardless of whether the copyright was originally registered or renewed, as the maximum possible term for works of this vintage (95 years from publication) has expired. As a 1919 release, the copyright for this film expired at the end of 1994. Therefore, 'Back to the Woods' is definitively in the public domain in the United States.
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