Public Domain
How Men Propose
1913 · Crystal Film Company · Dir. Lois Weber
Three men in succession propose marriage to Grace Darling; she accepts all! Since they are roommates, the three discover their problem in short order; when they return for an explanation, they're in for a surprise.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
The film 'How Men Propose', directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, was released in the United States on July 20, 1913. As a work first published and distributed before January 1, 1928, it has entered the public domain in the United States regardless of its registration or renewal status at the time.
Under current U.S. copyright law, specifically the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, all works published prior to 1928 have seen their copyright terms expire. This film is widely recognized in film archives and by historians as a public domain work, and it is currently held and distributed by various archives specializing in silent era cinema, such as the Library of Congress and the Women Film Pioneers Project.
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