Public Domain
Iron Wills
1923 · Clydesdale Pictures · Dir. John W. Brunius
Fredrik Mack (Gustav Ranft) owns a glue factory in northern Norway and Ove Rolandsen (Eugen Skjønberg), a great womanizer, works for him. When Mack's beautiful daughter Elise (Lilla Bye) returns from studies, Ove immediately flirts with her.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Iron Wills', directed by Francis Ford (brother of John Ford) and starring Franklyn Farnum, was released in the United States in the fall of 1923. It was a 5-reel silent western drama produced and distributed by Clydesdale Pictures, a small independent production outfit.
Under current US copyright law (17 USC §304), all works published or registered for copyright before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. Because this film was published in 1923, its maximum possible copyright term (95 years) expired at the end of 2018. The film is now legally in the public domain regardless of whether the original copyright was renewed in the 1950s.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-1930
- Hurst / D. Richard Baer, Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain 1894-1959
- 17 USC §304 (Duration of Copyright)
- IMDb: Iron Wills (1923)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.