Public Domain
Clancy in Wall Street
1930 · Aristocrat Pictures · Dir. Ted Wilde
Clancy and MacIntosh are a pair of stock comedy Irish and Scottish plumbers who have been partners for twenty years; but when Clancy accidentally buys some shares on margin, MacIntosh's Scotch thrift rebels and their partnership breaks up. In the meantime, their children are in love...
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
Clancy in Wall Street was released in 1930 and registered for copyright on March 18, 1930, by Aristocrat Pictures Corp. under registration number LP1163. Under the provisions of the Copyright Act of 1909, works registered between 1928 and 1963 required a formal renewal with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of their first term to maintain protection for a second 28-year term.
Comprehensive searches of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) show no renewal record for this title. The film is also listed as public domain in 'Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894-1939)' by D. Richard Baer, which tracks the failure of minor independent productions like those from Aristocrat Pictures to file renewals. Because the copyright was not renewed in 1957 or 1958, the film entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its initial 28-year term in 1958.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures, 1912-1939 (Library of Congress)
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database
- Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894-1939), D. Richard Baer
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.