Public Domain
Felix Saves the Day
1922 · Pat Sullivan Studios · Dir. Otto Messmer
Boys playing back alley baseball improbably hold their afternoon game at the Polo Grounds. Felix the Cat takes action when his favored team seems poised to lose.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'Felix Saves the Day' is a silent animated short featuring Felix the Cat, directed by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer. It was originally released in the United States on February 1, 1922. Under current US copyright law (17 USC § 304), all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain regardless of whether they were renewed.
Since this film was released in 1922, its maximum 95-year term of copyright protection expired at the end of 2017. As of January 1, 2018, the film is legally part of the public domain in the United States. No further search of renewal records is necessary for works from this era.
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Supporting facts
- https://archive.org/details/FelixSavesTheDay1922
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013123/
- Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894-1939)
- U.S. Copyright Office - Circular 15a: Duration of Copyright
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