Public Domain
Chasing Choo Choos
1927 · Monty Banks Enterprises / Pathe Exchange · Dir. Joseph Henabery
Virginia Craig will become super-wealthy and gain sole control of her factory, unless insubordinate schemers can trick her into marrying one of their clique. Unfortunately for them, she loves Monty, one of her employees. When the schemers' plot is discovered, a chase starts away from the factory and onto a runaway train.
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
Chasing Choo Choos is a two-reel silent comedy starring Monty Banks. According to the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), the film was originally registered for copyright on July 14, 1927, under registration number LP24185.
Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works registered in 1927 required a renewal filing with the U.S. Copyright Office during their 28th year to extend protection to a second term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the relevant volumes of the CCE (1954–1956) indicates no renewal record for this title. Because the copyright was not renewed within the statutory window, the film lapsed into the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its initial 28-year term in 1955. The film is cited as public domain in 'Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894-1939)'.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), Motion Pictures 1912-1939
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database
- Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894-1939) by D. Richard Baer
- IMDb: Chasing Choo Choos (1927)
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