Public Domain
Daddy-Long-Legs
1919 · Mary Pickford Company · Dir. Marshall Neilan
Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'Daddy-Long-Legs' starring Mary Pickford was released in May 1919. According to the United States copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of their renewal status or original registration.
As a 1919 production, the maximum possible term of protection (95 years from publication) would have expired no later than 2014. Therefore, the film is definitively in the public domain in the United States due to the expiration of its copyright term.
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