
Public Domain
Felix in the Bone Age
1922 · Pat Sullivan Studios · Dir. Otto Messmer
Felix comes upon a caveman and his girlfriend. The girlfriend is crying, and when the caveman asks her what she wants...
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Why this status applies
The film 'Felix in the Bone Age' is a 1922 animated short film featuring Felix the Cat, produced by Pat Sullivan and distributed by M.J. Winkler. As a work first published in the United States prior to January 1, 1928, it has entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its maximum copyright term.
Under the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, all works published before 1923 have already seen their copyrights expire. Even if the film was registered later or subject to different term calculations, any US work published in 1922 reached the end of its 95-year statutory term by the end of 2017. Therefore, there is no active copyright protection for this title in the US.
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