Public Domain
Down on the Farm
1920 · Mack Sennett Comedies · Dir. Erle C. Kenton
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an opportunity to be the knight in shining armor to Louise, Roach's daughter, who he wants to marry.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
The film 'Down on the Farm', a Mack Sennett feature film starring Louise Fazenda and Bert Roach, was released on April 25, 1920. Under the current laws of the United States, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of whether their copyrights were renewed.
Because this film was published in 1920, its maximum possible copyright term of 95 years (as extended by the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998) expired no later than January 1, 2016. It is now part of the public domain in the United States. While the film was originally registered for copyright (LP15049) and renewed by the successor entity, the renewals no longer have legal force given the age of the work.
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