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Forbidden Fruit

1921 · Famous Players-Lasky / Paramount · Dir. Cecil B. DeMille

Mary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no real prospects of earning money. Mary's employers, are trying to strike an oil related business deal with a rich man by the name of Nelson Rogers. The deal does not seem to be on the table, as Mr. Rogers is leaving town shortly and does not have the time to work out the details of such a deal. In an order to entice him to stay, Mrs. Mallory - wife of Mr. Mallory who is proposing the business deal - convinces Mary to be her guest at a dinner party with the intent of making Mr. Rogers fall for her and thus stay long enough for Mr. Mallory to make him agree to a business deal.

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Why this status applies

The film 'Forbidden Fruit', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, was released on January 23, 1921. It was registered for copyright by Famous Players-Lasky Corp. on January 27, 1921, under registration number LP16075. Under US copyright law, any work published before January 1, 1928, has automatically entered the public domain regardless of whether the copyright was renewed. As a 1921 release, this film's maximum possible copyright term (which would have been 95 years if renewed) has expired. The film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 1997.
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